The police teams also recovered two pistols and bullets and coins from the possession of the said accused
Under the directives of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Police is committed to rooting out organized criminal networks in the state.
Chhota Mani also helped gangster Deepak Tinu escape in 2017: DGP Gaurav Yadav
Both the arrested accused were assigned the task of murdering rival gangsters: DGP Punjab
Chandigarh, February 3 (Punjab khabarnama): On the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police has arrested Mandeep, a close associate of Lawrence Bishnoi, as part of the campaign to destroy organized criminal networks in the state. Singh alias Chhota Mani, a resident of Chandigarh, who provided hideouts to the accused involved in Sidhu Moosewala’s murder and helped gangster Deepak Tinu escape in 2017, has been arrested. This information was given by Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here today.
Giving more information in this regard, he said that
The accused Chhota Mani has been arrested along with his accomplice, who has been identified as Jatinder Singh resident of Mohalla Gobindpura, Manimajra. The police teams have recovered two .32 caliber pistols as well as 12 live cartridges from them.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that after the reliable information received from reliable sources about the presence of Chhota Money in Zirakpur area, ADGP. AGTF led by Pramod Ban and AIG Supervised by Sandeep Goyal and DSP. Police teams under the command of Bikram Brar succeeded in locating the accused and arrested him along with his accomplice.
He said that both the accused, Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldie Brar, were actively working for the gang and both have a criminal background, against whom several criminal cases have been registered in Chandigarh and Haryana under murder, extortion, dacoity and the Arms Act. Preliminary investigation has also revealed that the arrested accused were tasked by their foreign handlers to carry out the incidents of murdering rival gangsters.
Sharing further details, AIG Sandeep Goyal said that in the year 2022, accused Chhota Mani along with his other accomplices Sachin Thapan, Deepak Mundi and Joginder Joga – all shooters and accused involved in the Sidhu Moosewala murder – were allegedly killed by foreign handlers, Ayodhya-based politician Vikas Singh. was asked to commit a sensational crime at the behest of It may be mentioned that Vikas Singh was later arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in November 2023.
They said that Lawrence Bishnoi wanted to settle Chhota Money abroad and was sent to Dubai thrice for safe entry to Europe, but failed and later had to return to India.
In this regard, a case under section 25 of the Arms Act has been registered at the State Crime Police Station, SAS Nagar.