NIA conducts raids at locations linked to Lawrence Bishnoi, aides

NIA has learnt that a number of Punjabi pop singers were on the radar of gangsters who wanted to execute their killing

November 29, 2022

Investigations revealed Lawrence & his brothers raised funds for terror/ criminal activities

On Tuesday the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths were conducting raids in several states at premises linked to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his aides. The NIA learnt about a few conspiracies from gangster Bishnoi who is currently under NIA’s arrest, after which they decided to conduct search operations.

The NIA has learnt that a number of Punjabi pop singers were on the radar of gangsters who wanted to execute their killing like Siddhu Moosewala. The NIA has also claimed that the gangsters were getting arms and ammunition from Pakistan.

“Investigations have revealed that Lawrence along with his brothers, Sachin and Anmol Bishnoi, and associates, including Goldy Brar, Kala Jathedi, Kala Rana, Bikram Brar, and Sampat Nehra were also raising funds to carry out all such terror/ criminal activities through smuggling of drugs, weapons, and widespread extortion,” said an NIA official.

The investigations have revealed that a syndicate of terrorists, gangsters, and drug smugglers led by Bishnoi was involved in many targeted killings and extortion from businessmen, and professionals, including doctors, and this, had created a widespread scare and terror among the public at large.

All such criminal acts were not isolated local incidents but part of a deep-rooted conspiracy amongst the terrorists, gangsters, drug smuggling cartels, and networks, operating from both within and outside the country, NIA said.

It was found that most of the conspiracies were hatched from inside the jail by Lawrence Bishnoi and were executed by an organized network of operatives based in India and abroad.

“Pertinently, Bishnoi is involved and wanted in many cases, including the conspiracy to carry out targeted and sensational killings in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Delhi for more than a decade,” the NIA said.

Earlier, in October the NIA grilled Punjabi pop singer Afsana Khan, an associate of the late Moosewala. Lawrence Bishnoi gang allegedly killed Moosewala to avenge the death of Vicky Middukhera. But before committing the murder, a number of persons in the Punjabi Pop Industry were threatened, and a few were also attacked.

The sources said that they were also trying to explore the tiff between gangsters and the Punjabi pop industry.

The Delhi Police Special Cell and the Punjab Police have arrested over a dozen gangsters in connection with the murder case of Moosewala. During the probe, the agencies came to know about the sinister gangsters-terrorists nexus. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs took the matter seriously and asked the NIA to do a thorough probe.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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