'Same fate as Moose Wala': 2 arrested over extortion call in name of Lawrence Bishnoi gang
India Today
Two people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with extortion calls made in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested two people for allegedly making extortion calls to a Ludhiana-based businessman in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gangs.
According to the police, they also threatened the businessman that if he failed to pay the ransom, his fate would be like Sidhu Moose Wala's.
Sidhu Moose Wala was a Punjab-based singer and Congress leader who was killed by unknown shooters in Jawaharke village in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29.
Notably, Goldy Brar had taken responsibility for the singer's killing and the Punjab Police informed a Delhi court that Lawrence Bishnoi was the key conspirator in Moose Wala's murder.
The case—where two people were arrested for identifying themselves as members of the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gang and threatening him to pay ransom money of Rs 10 lakh—was registered with the Ludhiana Cyber Police Station on the complaint of a Punjab-based businessman who alleged that he had been receiving threat calls from unknown international and national mobile numbers since June 4.
"Acting on the information provided by the Punjab Police, the leads were further developed through technical analysis and digital footprints. The user of the alleged mobile phone number was traced in sector 22 of Gurugram, Haryana and was apprehended along with another person," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, KPS Malhotra, IFSO Special Cell.
According to the police, the accused have been identified as S Singh (29) and AA Khan (24), both residents of Chattisgarh's Bilaspur.
