In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Deepak, a Faridkot resident from Punjab, who is linked to bomb blasts outside rapper Badshah's nightclub in Chandigarh this year. The arrest is in the follow-up of investigations into the blasts that rocked two of Chandigarh's trendiest clubs on November 26, 2024.
Deepak, who has been arrested in Delhi, also has close relationships with Goldie Brar, a prominent gangster hiding in Canada right now. Brar, a former prime member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which took credit for the blasts on social media, since then has kept his distance from the gang. The police believe that Deepak was spearheading the drive to stage the bomb blasts, way beyond involvement.
The explosions were directed at two places: Badshah's Seville Bar and Lounge in Sector 26, and the De Ora club owned by local businessmen. A youth was caught on CCTV discarding bombs before he escaped. Luckily, there was no report of any fatality, but the blast created terror in the area on a large scale.
This was not the first incident where there had been an attack on Badshah's club. Earlier, there was the Seville Bar and Lounge firing incident with suspected gang rivalries involvement. Police had also stepped up security at the club after the initial violence and now are probing whether there was a connection between the earlier and later attacks.
Goldie Brar had earlier taken public credit for the bombings in a posting on the internet shortly after the blast, threatening club owners and seemingly trying to ignite fear and establish gang control more than to exact revenge.
While being interrogated by police, Deepak had admitted to traveling to Chandigarh several times prior to the attacks and working on behalf of Goldie Brar's gang. The police are now interrogating him and the other accused in order to reveal the complete conspiracy and bring forth all the gang members and their roles.
The police believe that the Deepak arrest will encourage further breakthroughs in the extremely sensitive case as they continue to crack down on the gang and restore peace to the locality.