This Order Is Stopping Mumbai Police From Taking Lawrence Bishnoi's Custody

The order was supposed to be in effect till August this year, but sources said it has been extended for another year.

Despite his gang claiming responsibility for the firing outside Salman Khan's house in April and now Baba Siddique's killing last week, the Mumbai Police has not been able to get custody of dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in a jail in Gujarat. Sources said that, after the April firing, the Mumbai Police filed several applications to get the custody of Bishnoi, who is in the Sabarmati jail, but they have been denied because of a Home ministry order barring his transfer.

Bishnoi was moved to the Sabarmati jail from Delhi's Tihar in August 2023 in connection with a drug smuggling case and the Ministry of Home Affairs had issued an order under Section 268 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) stating that no state or agency can seek his custody for a year. The section gives the government the power to bar the movement of prisoners when doing so can affect law and order.

The order was supposed to be in effect till August this year, but sources said it has been extended for another year.