Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Delhi Police team reaches Nepal to nab gunmen on the run
A team of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell reached Nepal on Friday to nab gunmen connected to Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, sources said.
Are the gunmen involved in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder hiding in Nepal?
Investigation into the deadly shooting has led a team of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell to the neighbouring country, sources said.
Based on specific intelligence inputs, the police team reached Nepal on Friday to nab the assailants believed to have fled to the Himalayan nation after the attack on Moose Wala at Jawaharke village in Punjab’s Mansa district on Sunday.
The development comes hours after news emerged that the Punjab Police detained two men in connection with Moose Wala’s murder. The two suspects were apprehended in Bhirdana village in Fatehabad for allegedly providing the Bolero car which was used in the shootout.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Punjab Police made their first arrest in the case, two days after the singer-politician was shot dead in his own jeep.
Police said accused Manpreet Singh supplied vehicles to the assailants who were involved in the killing of Moose Wala. Singh was produced before a court the same day, and sent to a five-day police custody.
With Moose Wala’s murder suspected to be the fallout of an inter-gang rivalry, Delhi Police’s Special Cell got three-day custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. During questioning, he admitted that his gang members, including Canada-based Goldy Brar, hatched a conspiracy to kill the Punjabi singer.
In a Facebook post, Goldy Brar had claimed responsibility for Moose Wala’s murder. He said he had killed Moose Wala to avenge the death of gangster Vicky Middukhera.
Gangster Kala Jathedi and his aide Kala Rana, who were in police custody in a different case, were also questioned in connection with the Moose Wala’s murder.
Unidentified gunmen had ambushed Moose Wala in Jawarharke village in Mansa and opened fire at the Thar he was travelling in, mere days after the singer-politician’s security cover was revoked by the Punjab government.
Moose Wala had sustained 19 bullet wounds in the attack and died within 15 minutes of being shot, his autopsy report stated. He was cremated at his native Moosa village in Mansa on Tuesday.