New Delhi: The Patiala High Court allowed Punjab Police to arrest gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with the murder of Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moosewala and allowed Punjab Police’s transit application on Tuesday.
The court further ordered Punjab Police to ensure that the medical examination of Bishnoi be conducted before leaving Delhi and the police did carry out the examination.
Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Umer Kumar said that “ The applicant Investigation Officer/SP Dharamveer Singh and the investigating agency are directed to take all the appropriate measures for safety and security of the accused Lawrence Bishnoi during transit till the production of the accused Lawrence Bishnoi before the concerned Court at Mansa, Punjab.”
Punjab Police had earlier submitted in the court that Lawrence Bishnoi is a key conspirator of singer Sidhu Moosewala’s murder while seeking gangster’s transit remand saying that his custodial interrogation is necessary.
(With Agency Inputs)