Tuesday, 31 May 2022 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Six suspects were nabbed by the Punjab police and Uttarakhand special task force from a suburb of Dehradun on Monday in connection with the murder of Punjabi rapper and former Congress candidate Sidhu Moosewala. According to the police, one of the persons apprehended had allegedly supplied guns and vehicles for the murder of Moosewala. The accused- said to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang- along with his friends came to Uttarakhand for the pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib. The police apprehended the suspects in the Shimla bypass area when they were returning from the pilgrimage. The police questioned the apprehended suspects in the Nayagaon police post for about an hour after which they were taken away by the Punjab police.
According to sources, after Moosewala’s murder a Punjab police team reached Dehradun while tracking the location of a mobile phone. The team sought the help of the Uttarakhand STF. According to the STF, the Punjab police had a clue about Mansa district resident Manpreet Singh having provided the guns and vehicles for the murder and that he was currently returning from Hemkund Sahib.
Tracking the mobile phone location, the police were monitoring the traffic coming from Rishikesh to Dehradun. The police tried to stop the vehicle of the suspects near the ISBT but it turned towards the road going to Poanta Sahib from Shimla bypass. The Nayagaon police post was alerted and its personnel set up barricades on the road which resulted in a traffic jam. The suspects were nabbed after their car got stuck in the jam. Though Manpreet Singh is an accused in the case, the role of the others apprehended can be clarified by the Punjab police, said the local official sources.
