Sidhu Moose Wala murder: How small clue led police teams to Fatehabad to unearth truth

Police have arrested 10 accused in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case, including main conspirator Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Read on to know more about how the events unfolded.

Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Jawaharke village of Mansa district on May 29. Since then, the Punjab Police has worked in close coordination with the central agencies and other state police forces to nab the suspected killers.

A small clue found in the vehicle used in the crime followed by technical inputs helped the Punjab Police to unveil the trail of events that occurred before the murder of renowned Punjabi Singer Shubhdeep Singh, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala, which led to the arrest of 10 accused persons, including the main conspirator Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. The Police have also identified four sharpshooters involved in the crime.

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Moose Wala, who left his house at 5 pm on May 29 along with two persons, Gurwinder Singh (neighbour) and Gurpreet Singh (cousin), was shot dead by some unidentified persons. He was driving his Mahindra Thar vehicle. Acting promptly, chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government constituted a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of the ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) to put the killers of Moose Wala behind bars.

One of the important leads was the recovery of a fuel receipt (dated May 25, 2022) of the Fatehabad based Petrol Pump from the Balero car, which was used in the crime and later found abandoned near Khayala village about 13 km from the place of crime, said the ADGP AGTF, while adding that a Police team was immediately dispatched to the petrol station of Fatehabad to gather the CCTV Footage on same day.

“The Police teams have procured CCTV footage and managed to identify one of the persons, possibly a shooter, who was later identified as Priyawarat of Sonipat. The CCTV footage was also procured from the route taken by the Bolero before and after the filling of the diesel at the Petrol Pump station,” he said. Similarly, the ownership of the Bolero was traced with the help of engine number and chassis number, he added.

The police have recovered all the vehicles including a Mahindra Bolero, Toyota Corolla, and white Alto used in the crime. The assailants in Toyota Corolla had stopped and snatched a White Alto car at gunpoint, leaving behind the Corolla, which got damaged during the incident, and escaped towards Khara Barnala village followed by the white Bolero Jeep. The white Alto was also found abandoned on May 30, 2022, at 3.30 am near Dharamkot in Moga district and the route taken by the accused was identified from the CCTV footage.