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Indian Express
3 days ago
- Indian Express
Blast outside rapper Badshah's bar: Punjab man with links to gangster Goldy Brar arrested
A man from Punjab has been arrested in connection with the low-intensity blast at Bollywood rapper and singer Badshah's bar and club in Chandigarh in November last year, the Delhi Police said Wednesday. 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.
Indian Express
08-07-2025
- Indian Express
Jalandhar police foil target killing plot orchestrated by Lawrence Bishnoi gang: Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav
The Counter-Intelligence Unit of the police in Punjab's Jalandhar Tuesday claimed to have foiled a major target killing plot hatched by the gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, and arrested a key operative, Himanshu Sood, a resident of Phagwara in the state's Kapurthala district. According to the police, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Special Operation Cell Police Station in Amritsar, and further investigation is underway to identify other associates and establish linkages. Gaurav Yadav, Director General of Police, Punjab, said that their preliminary investigation suggested the Sood was acting on the directions of Dubai-based Namit Sharma, a close aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. 'Recently, Himanshu Sood alongwith his other gang members fired gunshots at a hotelier in #Haridwar on the directions of Namit Sharma and was further tasked to eliminate other 2 targets in Madhya Pradesh and Kapurthala respectively,' Yadav posted on X. 'Backed by human intelligence and technical inputs, the team successfully dismantled this targeted killing module, averting a serious threat to public safety. His arrest marks another significant step in the ongoing crackdown on gangster networks with international linkages,' added DGP Yadav. The Punjab DGP said two pistols, including a 30 bore PX3 pistol with four live cartridges, and a .32 Pistol with three live cartridges, were recovered from the arrested gang member.
