Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on the target list on instructions from jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who orchestrated the killing of famed Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala
A man has been arrested for allegedly forging fake degree certificate for Swapna Suresh, a key accused in the controversial gold smuggling case. Sachin Das from Punjab, was arrested on Tuesday morning by a police team from Kerala and will be brought to the state tomorrow, police said on Wednesday. "A four-member police team nabbed the accused in Punjab. He will be brought to the state tomorrow. The team had reached Punjab on August 18 and apprehended him yesterday," police told PTI. Earlier, it was alleged that Suresh's appointment as a consultant to Space Park, promoted by the state government, was based on her fake degree certificate. A case has been registered in this connection.
The Punjab police have sought the extradition of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, chief of Khalistan Tiger Force settled in Canada, who is wanted in cases related to acts of reviving terrorism in the state.
Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted an inter-state racket with the arrest of three persons involved in smuggling of opium in an ambulance. Police seized eight kg of opium from an ambulance on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway on Saturday, said Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Sheel Soni, while addressing the media here. The accused had used the ambulance 10-12 times for smuggling narcotics in the past, he said. But their fresh attempt to smuggle opium by the same means was foiled by the Punjab police on Saturday, when a team posted near Dappar village stopped an ambulance coming from Ambala side. The police found two persons inside the vehicle, one posing as a patient, lying on a stretcher-like seat, and another sitting by him. The third one was driving the vehicle. When it checked, police did not find any member of a medical team or oxygen cylinder, or even the first-aid kit in the vehicle, which stoked their suspicion. They took to doing a thorough checking o
One gangster involved in the killing of famed Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was reportedly shot dead by Punjab Police on the outskirts of Amritsar close to the India-Pakistan border
Interpol's Red Corner Notice is an international notice of wanted persons, it is not an arrest warrant
A court extended police remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who was brought to Punjab by the state police from Delhi last week for questioning in connection with Sidhu Moosewala murder case
It was recovered from a Balero car, which is believed to be used in the crime. It was later found abandoned near Khayala village, some 13 km from the crime scene, said the ADGP AGTF
As per an official statement issued here on Tuesday evening, Bishnoi has been named as an accused and conspirator in the murder case of the singer.
Punjab police on Wednesday got 7 days remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate in Mansa court in connection with Sidhu Moose Wala murder case
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder case of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala is making steady progress, Additional Director General of Punjab Police Pramod Ban said on Tuesday
Punjab Police filed two applications in Patiala House Court for the arrest of Bishnoi and regarding his transit remand (or physical custody).
H S Dhaliwal, Special Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, told media that the singer's death was an organised and brazen killing
Advocating a harsh punitive action against the gangsters, Mann said that they should be punished under severest of severe provisions of law so that it acts as deterrent for others.
My family has been ruined but I do not want any other family to suffer the same way, said Moose Wala's father Balkaur Singh
On May 29, Moosewala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district
Addressing the gathering at the "final prayers", the singer's emotional father said he still does not understand what was his son's fault that led to his killing
The police have also identified four shooters involved in the crime, an official statement said.
Police sources said Sandeep alias Kenkra's role in the murder case is under scanner for allegedly passing on information about Moose Wala's movement to the shooters involved in the killing.
The Punjab Police has arrested another person in connection with the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, taking the number of people held in the case so far to three