The conspiracy to murder Gurlal Singh Bhalwan, Presidentof the Faridkot District Youth Congress and a Zilla Parishad member fromGolewala, Punjab, was planned in Canada. This was revealed by the Delhi PoliceSpecial Cell on Sunday late evening after it managed to arrest three of theaccused involved in the murder.
Police said that the men had shot dead Gurlal Singh as hewas about to get into his car after coming out of a friend's shop in Faridkot'sJubilee Chowk on February 18. The arrested accused have been identified asGurvinder Pal, Sukhwinder and Saurabh, all three from Faridkot, Punjab.
"The mastermind of the murder is Goldy Brar who is anassociate of Lawrence Bishnoi, having several heinous cases registered againsthim. Presently, he is running an extortion cartel from his safe havens inCanada from where he targets several prominent Punjab-based businessmen,"Manishi Chandra, DCP Counter Intelligence, Special Cell said.
Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar's syndicate targetedGurlal Singh Bhalwan, who was suspected by Lawrence and Goldy to be supportingrival Bhambia gang while crafting his political fortunes.
Later, the plan was executed on February 18 after theshooters followed the victim up to Jubilee Chowk in Faridkot.
"When the deceased was taking out some belongingsfrom his car, the shooters pumped about 12 bullets into his body and fled awaywith Saurabh and Sukhwinder Singh. They were picked up by Gurvinder at theoutskirts of Faridkot city in a Hyundai Verna car. From there, they drove toSalasar, Rajasthan and then to Jhajjar, Haryana the next day," the officeradded.
On February 5, Gurlal Singh had posted on his Facebook ofhis plan to travel to Delhi for joining the ongoing farmers' protest at Singhuborder on February 9. Goldy instructed Gurvinder to see if the hired assassinscould execute their task while Gurlal was at Singhu. However, the shooterscould not get a chance because of the size of the protesting crowd. Later,Gurlal Bhalwan was detained briefly by local police. This further foiled theassassination plans.
Sustained efforts of the Counter Intelligence Unit haveresulted in mapping and profiling of the members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Deep surveillance over technical identifiers being usedby this highly sophisticated and technically nuanced criminal gang, coupledwith human intelligence resulted in specific intelligence being received on theintervening night of February 20 and 21, that three persons suspected to beinvolved in the murder of Gurlal Singh leader in Faridkot, Punjab were expectedto arrive at Sarai Kale Khan on their way to some hideouts in Uttar Pradesh.The trio were apprehended, and two guns and 8 live cartridges were recoveredfrom their possession.