Sidhu Moosewala murder case: Accused in Sidhu Moosewala murder detained in Azerbaijan: Punjab DGP
Key Accused in Sidhu Moosewala murder case Traced: Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29.
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Sidhu Moosewala murder case: Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead on May 29 (Photo source: Instagram)Sidhu Moosewala murder case: A KEY accused in the murder of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moosewala has been traced and detained in Azerbaijan, and efforts are being made to get him back to India, according to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav. He identified the accused as Sachin Thapan alias Sachin Bishnoi.
Yadav said the police conducted “a scientific and systematic investigation to unravel the conspiracy in which Sachin Thapan figured”.
ADGP Promod Ban, who also heads the state’s Anti-Gangsters Task Force (AGTF), said Thapan was detained in Azerbaijan about a fortnight ago. He said Thapan had fled India on a fake passport and was found to have first travelled to Dubai and onward to Azerbaijan.
“We are trying to get him deported as he used a fake passport. Simultaneously, we have also initiated extradition proceedings by taking up the matter with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs since he is wanted in a criminal case in Punjab,” Ban said.
DGP Yadav said Thapan was in touch with the Canada-based “mastermind” in the case, Goldy Brar, and other associates in the state. Yadav said Thapan was traced with the “help of the Government of India”. “We are committed to deliver justice in the Sidhu Moosewala case,” he said.
Moosewala was shot dead near his house in Mansa district on May 29 by a group of assailants who waylaid his vehicle.
Later, Thapan had claimed to be one of the shooters involved and killed the popular singer with his “own hands” as part of an alleged inter-gang rivalry. He claimed that the killing was in response to the murder of Akali Dal youth leader Vicky Middukhera.
Days after Moosewala was gunned down, the Delhi Police Special Cell took remand of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and later made other arrests.
As many as 20 accused have been arrested in the case so far, while two others were killed in a police encounter in Amritsar. The Punjab Police have so far named 36 persons as accused in the case and filed a chargesheet against 24 of them.
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