Sidhu Moosewala murder: Delhi Police identifies 6 shooters involved in killing of Punjabi singer
Zee News
Identifying six sharpshooters involved in the killing of Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moosewala, Delhi police have also established the role of four in the murder case.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has identified six shooters allegedly involved in the murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, a senior police officer said on Friday. (June 10) H S Dhaliwal, Special Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, told media that the singer's death was an organised and brazen killing. During the media briefing, he said the police had issued eight pictures of the suspects and six of the shooters were identified. Out of them, the role of four in the murder has been established. The Delhi Police had on Wednesday said gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was the mastermind behind the murder. Siddhesh Hiraman Kamle alias Mahakal was arrested earlier this week from Pune in a joint operation with the Maharashtra Police under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
During joint interrogation of the Special Cell and Maharashtra Police, it was revealed that Mahakal introduced two shooters of Maharashtra module -- identified as Santosh Jadhav and Navnath Suryavanshi -- to the main perpetrator and they got Rs 3,50,000 each. Mahakal received Rs 50,000 for introducing the shooters to the mastermind, Dhaliwal said.
Mahakal, a close associate of the main shooter, is in 14-day custody of the Maharashtra Police. Police also said Vikram Brar coordinated in organising the shooters. "In the incident of threat letter to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Brar has some role and we are probing it and the Maharashtra Police is further working on it," Dhaliwal said.
"We are co-ordinating with police forces of different states. Pune Police came to Delhi to interrogate Bishnoi," he said. The Delhi Police had said Bishnoi was the mastermind behind Moosewala's murder, however, it did not divulge the details about the motive behind the killing.
Earlier, Bishnoi had told investigators that his gang members, including Canada-based Goldy Brar, hatched a conspiracy and killed Moosewala.
