Moose Wala murder: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi remanded to 7-day custody in Punjab

A court in Punjab's Mansa district early on Wednesday morning granted seven-day police remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to the state police in singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala murder case soon after he was brought to the district. He is the main conspirator in the killing.
Amid tight security, he was brought to the Mansa district - where Moose Wala was shot dead on May 29 - on Wednesday morning at around 4 am. Bishnoi was presented before duty magistrate after his medical check-up was conducted at the district civil hospital. After securing the police remand, the Punjab Police are shifting Bishnoi to Mohali, where he will be interrogated.

A Delhi court on Tuesday had allowed the Punjab Police to take the gangster to the state for questioning.

“Considering the totality of the circumstances and also considering the seriousness of the offences and gravity of allegations against the accused Lawrence Bishnoi in the murder of singer Subhdeep Singh @ Sidhu Moose Wala, the application seeking transit remand for one day is allowed till June 15 with direction to the IO to produce the accused before the concerned court of CJM, Mansa on June 15,” the judge said in a four-page order.
The court also ordered Punjab police to file a compliance report before the duty magistrate in Patiala House court just after the production in Mansa court. The magistrate had issued an arrest warrant against Bishnoi on Monday in the singer’s murder case.

The police said it was also pertinent to mention that all the arrested accused were allegedly closely associated with Bishnoi and his associates, and they have been involved together in multiple FIRs.

On Tuesday, Bishnoi’s counsel contended had claimed there was a threat to his client’s life. He also repeated the claim - which was made earlier too - that Bishnoi may be killed in a fake encounter.