The homicide of NCP chief Baba Siddique was the most recent in various high-profile crimes lately linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Lawrence, who’s from Punjab’s Fazilka district, is at the moment lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat. In line with police, he’s going through circumstances of homicide, theft, extortion, and others, most of them registered in Rajasthan, Punjab, and Chandigarh.
The high-profile circumstances linked to his gang embrace the homicide of Punjabi musician Sidhu Moosewala in Could 2022, the firing outdoors actor Salman Khan’s Mumbai home on April 14 this 12 months, firing on the home in Canada of musician A P Dhillon in early September, and the taking pictures outdoors Punjabi singer and actor Gippy Grewal’s home, additionally in Canada, in November final 12 months. The gang additionally claimed accountability for the killing of alleged rival gang member Sukha Duneke in Canada in September final 12 months.
Hours earlier than Siddique’s homicide, Delhi Police arrested one Madhur, aka Mota Armaan, who’s accused of taking pictures lifeless a Delhi gymnasium proprietor, following a short encounter wherein he was shot within the legs. Madhur is believed to be a part of the Lawrence gang, which has lengthy operated within the nationwide capital by means of two of its most distinguished members, Rohit Godara and Goldy Brar.
In Rajasthan, the killers of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena president Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, who was gunned down in Jaipur in December 2023, had been additionally linked to the Lawrence gang.
The gang focusing on Salman Khan is seen as a reprisal to the blackbuck taking pictures case towards the actor. Blackbucks are revered by the Bishnoi group. Nevertheless, police counsel that the gang is attempting to realize reputation by threatening the favored actor.
Lawrence is an undertrial in no less than 19 circumstances of various nature in Punjab. In line with information, he has been convicted in 4 circumstances registered between October 2, 2010, and September 13, 2016.
In Delhi, too, the gang’s operations revolve round focusing on businessmen for cover cash, police mentioned. “They’d fireplace a few rounds outdoors a house or a store, and use that to threaten all the foremost businessmen of the world,” a Delhi Police officer mentioned. Police cite December 2023 firing on the home of liquor baron and former MLA Deep Malhotra, and pictures fired at Shahdara-based businessman Pradeep Jain’s home in November 2022 as a part of the tactic.
