Towel, Shaver & Australian Address: Courier For Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi Raises Alarm

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2 days ago

The parcel, reportedly sent by a woman, may have been a test run to check whether a delivery could successfully reach Bishnoi inside the high-security jail
A mysterious parcel from Australia, addressed to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi at Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat, has triggered concern among Indian security agencies. The package was intercepted at a foreign post office in Gujarat, which handles international shipments to and from the state, and has since become the subject of a multi-agency probe.
The parcel was reportedly sent under the name Vandana Gaur, with an address in Australia that is now believed to be fake, according to intelligence sources. Curiously, the contents of the package—a towel and a strong shaver—were ordinary, which only deepened suspicions. Officials are questioning why someone would send such commonplace items from abroad, suggesting the parcel may have been a test run to check whether a delivery could successfully reach Bishnoi inside the high-security jail.
What has further raised eyebrows is the fact that the sender reportedly paid around Rs 7,000 as international parcel charges, a considerable sum given the low value and easily available nature of the contents. This has added to suspicions that the shipment may have had an ulterior motive beyond what is visible.
This isn't the first time such an attempt has been made. Sources say a similar incident occurred earlier in a different state, pointing to a possible pattern.
Meanwhile, in a related crackdown, the Rajasthan Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has arrested Aditya Jain, a key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi–Rohit Godara gang, from Dubai. Jain is accused of acting as a 'control room" for the gang—coordinating extortion rackets and issuing threat calls on behalf of the network.
Bishnoi, despite being lodged in Sabarmati Jail, continues to operate his criminal syndicate using VPNs and mobile phones, according to investigators. His name has come up in several high-profile cases, including the murder of Sidhu Moose Wala, threats to actor Salman Khan, the killing of a gym owner in South Delhi, and most recently, the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique.
Born into a well-off agricultural family in Dhattaranwali village in Punjab's Ferozepur district, Bishnoi belongs to the Bishnoi community, prevalent in Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. He moved to Chandigarh in 2010 for college, where he joined DAV College and later became president of the Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) from 2011 to 2012, marking the beginning of his descent into organised crime.
First Published:
June 02, 2025, 10:11 IST