Blast outside rapper Badshah's bar: Punjab man with links to gangster Goldy Brar arrested
The accused, identified as Deepak, 31, a resident of Faridkot in Punjab, was arrested by a team from the Special Cell's Counter-Intelligence Unit, officers said, adding that he is currently being questioned.
No one was injured in the blast which occurred outside Badshah's Bar and Club, located in Chandigarh's Sector 26, on November 26, 2024, but hours later, gangster Goldy Brar claimed responsibility for the incident, purportedly through a social media post. The post, which demanded protection money from the singer, also mentioned the name of gangster Rohit Godara.
According to a police officer, Deepak was in Delhi to meet someone when he was arrested. The officer said Deepak has close ties with Brar, a former associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
Sources said Deepak had conducted reconnaissance before the blast and was in touch with Brar. The CCTV footage collected from the scene showed a man hurling a bomb outside the bar and running away.
Three days after the incident, two men — Vinay, 20, and Ajit Sehrawat, 21, — were arrested in Hisar by joint teams of the Chandigarh Police and Haryana's Hisar district police over suspicion of being involved in the blast.
Brar and Bishnoi were allegedly involved in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in Punjab's Mansa in May 2022. The two are said to have ended their association recently and are now operating separate extortion rackets.
Brar, whose original name is Satwinder Singh, carries a reward of Rs 10 lakh for his arrest, announced by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is a wanted accused in several cases in Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand, and is reported to be residing in the United States. Gangster Godara is also believed to be hiding in the US.
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