The Faridkot police on Wednesday obtained the two-day custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in a case of extortion 50 lakh from a Kotkapura-based garment dealer.

A Moga court docket on Wednesday granted Bishnoi’s transit remand to Faridkot police after his 10-day custody in a December 2021 try and homicide case ended. Bishnoi, who’s accused of plotting the homicide of singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala, was dropped at Faridkot and produced within the court docket of judicial Justice of the Peace Ajay Pal Singh amid tight safety.

The court docket despatched him into police custody until August 12.

Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar can also be an accused within the Kotkapura extortion case. Brar is the mastermind of Moose Wala’s killing on May 29 as he gave real-time directions to shooters who carried out the crime, police mentioned.

The Faridkot police declare that Sumit Kumar of Kotkapura, who runs the garment store, obtained a name from Brar on July 18, 2021, and he demanded 50 lakh as extortion cash. Goldy claimed he’s an aide of gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Kala Jathedi. He threatened to kill Sumit and his household in the event that they failed to present the cash. Goldy had made the decision on Bishnoi’s instructions, police mentioned.

On July 22, a Faridkot court docket issued arrest warrants in opposition to Bishnoi within the extortion case for August 20.

Faridkot senior superintendent of police Rajpal Singh mentioned police had arrested Bishnoi within the extortion case and the court docket had granted his two-day police custody. “We will interrogate him for further investigation,” he added.

Bishnoi was introduced from Delhi’s Tihar Jail to Punjab on June 15 on transit remand within the Moose Wala homicide case. A Mansa court docket on June 27 handed him over to the Amritsar police to probe the homicide of gangster Rana Kandowalia, who was gunned down at a personal hospital within the metropolis final 12 months. Later, the Hoshiarpur, Muktsar and Moga police took him on remand in numerous instances.

Punjab Police have didn’t hint the sixth shooter, Deepak Mundi, who was a part of Haryana module of the shooters concerned within the killing of Moose Wala in Mansa district.

Moga police get six-day custody of Bhagwanpuria

Meanwhile, the Moga police obtained the custody of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria in an try and homicide case of December 2021.

On Wednesday, hours after the 10-day police remand of Bishnoi ended within the case, the Moga police secured Bhagwanpuria’s transit remand from an Amritsar court docket. He was dropped at Moga and produced in court docket amid tight safety. The judicial Justice of the Peace despatched Bhagwanpuria to police custody until August 15.

The police mentioned Bishnoi took a contract to kill Jatinder Kumar, alias Neela, who’s the brother of Moga deputy mayor Ashok Dhamija. On instructions of Bishnoi, Brar despatched two shooters, Jodhajit Singh and Monu Dagar, additionally an accused within the Moose Wala case, to kill Neela. But they tried to kill Pratham Dhamija as they mistook him for his uncle Jatinder as the 2 have a hanging resemblance. Pratham escaped because the assailant’s pistol obtained jammed and he may hearth just one bullet that left him injured within the foot.

Moga SSP Gulneet Singh Khurana mentioned that the police have secured the remand of Bhagwanpuria, who was needed on this case. “Bhagwanpuria’s role was unearthed during Bishnoi’s interrogation,” he added.