Gurlal Brar murder case: Main shooter arrested along with his accomplice in Moga

Kulwinder Sandhu
Tribune News Service
Moga, April 27

In a breakthrough, the Moga police led by Senior Superintendent of Police Harmanbir Singh Gill on Tuesday arrested the main shooter of Bambiha group, who gunned down Lawrence Bishnoi’s aide and state president of SOPU Gurlal Brar outside a night club in Chandigarh last year.

While giving this information, SSP Harmanbir Singh Gill said the arrested person, identified as Beant Singh, a resident of Maadi Mustafa village in Baghapurana sub-division is also wanted in many other cases of heinous crimes, including ransom and dacoity, in various police stations across the state.

Beant was arrested along with his accomplice, identified as Sunil Kumar alias Baba of Moga, who has also been facing over 12 heinous criminal cases.

He stated that in a special operation, CIA branch of Moga police managed to arrest both the accused persons after recovering five pistols, including two .30 bore and three .32 bore, a huge amount of ammunition and drug powder from their possession.

He said in retaliation for the murder of Gurlal Brar, the Bishnoi group killed one person namely Rana near Muktsar and then another, Gurlal Bhalwan, at Faridkot.

During preliminary interrogation, accused Beant Singh has revealed that he along with his accomplices Neeraj Chaska and Mandeep Mandy both residents of Jaito in Faridkot had killed Gurlal Brar to avenge the murder of Lavi Deora (associate of Bambiha group), who was killed by members of Bishnoi gang at a fair in Kotkapura in 2017, said the SSP.

“Beant further revealed that a person namely Penta, a present sarpanch of his native village, with whom he had an old rivalry was his next target,” said the SSP adding that the further investigations in the case were on.

Meanwhile, a case has been registered under section 25 of the Arms Act and section 22 of the NDPS Act at City-II police station, Moga against them.