Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is suspected to be involved in the killing of popular Punjabi singer-turned-Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala, moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, urging that his custody should not be given to the Punjab Police. Bishnoi is currently lodged in high security Tihar jail. The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi directed the petition to be listed before the concerned Bench for hearing on Wednesday.
“The petitioner has apprehensions of a fake encounter by the Punjab Police due to the political unrest between political parties in Punjab,” said Bishnoi’s counsel in the petition, which also seeks a direction for ensuring his security in case he is taken on transit remand to Punjab.
Earlier, on Monday, a local court in Delhi had refused to entertain a plea by Bishnoi. In that plea too Bishnoi had expressed apprehension of a fake encounter by the Punjab Police. Citing the press conference given by Punjab Police on May 29, Bishnoi said that the investigating agency is falsely implicating him in the murder case of Moosewala.
A similar petition was moved by him before Punjab and Haryana High Court also. The plea states, “Punjab Police has falsely implicated the name of the petitioner in the recent murder of Moosewala and there is public rage against the petitioner due to the unverified statement made by the Punjab Police in the media.”