The
Delhi
Police
on
Wednesday
said
gangster
Lawrence
Bishnoi,
currently
in
its
custody,
was
the
mastermind
behind
singer
Sidhu
Moose
Wala's
murder,
and
that
a
close
associate
of
the
main
shooter
involved
in
the
brutal
killing
in
Punjab's
Mansa
last
month
had
been
arrested.
The
police,
however,
did
not
divulge
the
details
about
the
motive
behind
the
killing
of
the
popular
singer
and
Congress
leader
and
how
Bishnoi
conspired
to
execute
the
crime
despite
being
lodged
in
the
high-security
Tihar
Jail
in
the
national
capital.
Addressing
a
press
conference,
Special
Commissioner
of
Police
(Special
Cell)
H
S
Dhaliwal
said
that
they
have
identified
five
more
people
involved
in
the
murder
case.
Dhaliwal
said
that
Lawrence's
relative
Sachin
Bishnoi's
role
in
the
killing
has
also
emerged.
He
said
that
Siddhesh
Hiraman
Kamle,
alias
Mahakal,
has
been
arrested
in
Pune
in
a
joint
operation
with
the
Maharashtra
Police
in
a
case
under
the
Maharashtra
Control
of
Organised
Crime
Act.
Mahakal,
a
close
associate
of
the
main
shooter,
is
in
14-day
custody
of
the
Maharashtra
Police,
the
special
commissioner
told
reporters.
According
to
the
police,
Mahakal
has
committed
a
crime
in
Punjab's
Moga
district
on
the
instance
of
Lawrence.
Mahakal
used
to
commit
a
crime
in
coordination
with
the
main
shooter
of
Moose
Wala's
killing
and
Lawrence.
Earlier,
Lawrence
had
told
investigators
that
his
gang's
members,
including
Canada-based
Goldy
Brar,
hatched
a
conspiracy
and
killed
Moose
Wala.
Lawrence
had
also
alleged
that
Moose
Wala
was
involved
in
the
killing
of
Akali
Dal
youth
leader
Vikramjit
Singh,
alias
Vicky
Middukhera,
on
August
7
last
year
which
led
to
a
"rivalry" between
him
and
the
Punjabi
singer.
Lawrence
has
been
very
uncooperative
and
has
not
yet
disclosed
the
names
of
his
gang
members
who
were
the
real
conspirators
being
the
killing,
officials
had
said.
"Bishnoi
has
been
very
uncooperative
so
far.
But
during
interrogation,
he
accepted
that
he
had
a
rivalry
with
Moose
Wala
and
claimed
that
his
gang
members
killed
the
singer.
He
has
revealed
that
Goldy
Brar
was
one
of
the
gang
members
who
conspired
and
executed
the
killing
of
Moose
Wala
but
has
not
yet
disclosed
the
names
of
other
associates
who
were
the
real
conspirators
and
executioners
of
the
killing," a
police
official
had
said.
Twenty-eight-year-old
singer-politician
Moose
Wala
was
shot
dead
by
some
unidentified
assailants
in
Punjab's
Mansa
district
on
May
29,
a
day
after
the
Punjab
government
curtailed
his
security
cover.
The
Mumbai
Police's
Crime
Branch
unit
on
Wednesday
arrived
in
the
national
capital
to
question
gangster
Bishnoi
in
connection
with
a
threat
letter
to
screenplay
writer
Salim
Khan
and
his
son
and
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan.
Dhaliwal
refused
to
comment
on
the
matter
related
to
the
threat
letter.