Gang leaders lodged in Delhi’s Central jail grilled

A day after singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by assailants in Punjab the Delhi Police on Monday said that its Special Cell has started interrogation of gang leaders lodged in the Capital’s central jail for allegedly plotting the murder from inside the prison.

The Delhi Police’s special cell grilled gangsters Sandeep alias Kala Jhatedi and his aide Kala Rana. The role of another gangster, Md Shahrukh (28), who was arrested in April this year and is lodged in Tihar, is also being verified.

 “We believe Bishnoi took Shahrukh and Jathedi’s help to make calls to Canada and communicate with Brar. Shahrukh was earlier tasked to help with the murder but he failed. A series of attacks between gangs are suspected to have taken place in Punjab and this became evident after another Punjabi singer, Mankirat Aulakh also received a threat call on Monday ,” officials told The Pioneer on the condition of anonymity.

Sources told The Pioneer that it is suspected that Mankirat Aulakh is supported by the Bishnoi gang while Moosewala was supported by rival members of the Gounder gang. Meanwhile, Punjab Police has detained six people from Dehradun in connection with the killing of Moosewala.   Sources said it is suspected that the conspiracy to kill the singer was hatched in Tihar, which is being probed. The Punjab Police has termed Moosewala’s murder the result of an inter-gang rivalry and claimed that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, and their associates are involved in the killing. Sources said that the Jhatedi and Rana were brought to the Special Cell office in connection with Moosewala and a MCOCA case for questioning. Lawrence Bishnoi who is currently lodged in the Tihar Jail has not been questioned but Jhatedi and Rana would help in the investigation to crack the Moosewala murder case.

Sources also said that the questioning began after a phone number, used in hatching the conspiracy to kill Moosewala, was traced back to the jail. Punjab Police had also said that the attack on Moosewala seemed to be due to an inter-gang war. A source in Delhi Police said it suspected the murder of Moose Wala could be a result of the killing of Vikramjit, alias Vicky Middukhera, in August.

“Names of Moosewala and his manager, Shaganpreet came up in connection with murder of Vicky,” said source.The Special Cell had arrested sharpshooter Sajjan Singh alias Bholu, Anil Kumar alias Lath and Ajay Kumar alias Sunny Kaushal in connection with the murder of Vicky. Their interrogation has revealed alleged involvement of Moosewala and his manager in Vicky murder case. Moose Wala’s manager was named as accused in FIR registered in this case.

The 31-year-old Bishnoi, a son of a farmer in Dhattaranwali village near Abohar in Ferozepur district of Punjab had entered world of crime in his college days. Lawrence belongs to the Bishnoi community, which is settled in Punjab, Haryana and many parts of Rajasthan.

Believed to be operating from behind bars, the gangster is facing two dozen cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion.