Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has told investigators that his gang’s members, including Canada-based Goldy Brar, conspired, planned and killed Sidhu Moose Wala, officials said today.

New Delhi: 

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has told investigators that his gang’s members, including Canada-based Goldy Brar, conspired, planned and killed Sidhu Moose Wala, officials said today.

According to them, Bishnoi, who is in the custody of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell, has alleged that Moose Wala was involved in the killing of Akali Dal youth leader Vikramjit Singh alias Vicky Middukhera on August 7 last year which led to a “rivalry” between him and the Punjabi singer.

Bishnoi has been very uncooperative and has not yet disclosed the names of his gang members who were the real conspirators behind the killing, officials told news agency Press Trust of India.

The 28-year-old singer-politician was shot dead by some unidentified attackers in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29, a day after the Punjab government curtailed his security cover.

The Delhi Police Special Cell, which is probing the matter, got the custody of Bishnoi for three days after arresting him from Tihar in a case registered under the Arms Act, officials added.

“Bishnoi has been very uncooperative so far. But during interrogation, he accepted that he had a rivalry with Moose Wala and claimed that his gang members killed the singer,” officials told Press Trust of India.

“He has revealed that Goldy Brar was one of the gang members who conspired and executed the killing of Moose Wala but has not yet disclosed the names of other associates who were the real conspirators and executioners of the killing,” a police official told news agency PTI.

The official said, “Bishnoi has not disclosed the exact motive behind executing the killing and has been uncooperative about revealing other details about the murder.” Bishnoi, who is facing nearly 60 cases, was in Central Jail number eight of Delhi’s Tihar Jail.