Salman, Moosewala's manager among top targets on Bishnoi's hit list: NIA

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan topped the list of 10 main targets that jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi planned to eliminate the notorious criminal confessed to the National Investigation Agency officials saidLawrence Bishnoi said that in the year 1998 Salman Khan hunted the black buck which is considered sacred by the Bishnoi community and to avenge the hurt sentiments of the community the gangster said he wanted to kill the actor Bishnoi confessed to the NIA in December last year that on acting on his directions his aide Sampat Nehra had conducted a recce of Salman Khans Mumbai residence Nehra was however nabbed by the Special Task Force of the Harayana PoliceOn April 11 this year Khan received another death threat call Mumbai Police said weeks after a man was taken into custody for sending a threat email to the Dabangg actorKhan has been provided with Y category security by the Mumbai police as the actor is perceived to be under threat The Maharashtra State government took this step after the actor received a threat letter from the Lawrence Bishnoi gangAlso Read Lawrence Bishnois aide killed inside Delhis Tihar Jail say officialsBishnoi who is currently serving time in the national capitals Tihar Jail also confessed that he had in the year 2021 procured two zigana semiautomatic pistols from America through Goldie Brar for the infamous Gogi gangMembers of the gang allegedly attacked and killed Tillu Tajpuriya inside his Tihar jail cell in April this year Canadabased Brar who had claimed responsibility for the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in Punjabs Mansa district last year also took responsibility for Tajpuriyas killingAfter Bishonis confession to the NIA recorded in December last year sleuths suspect that the guns given to the Gogoi gang by him could have been used in the sensational killing of gangsterpolitician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Atiq Ahmed and his brother were shot dead while they were being taken to a hospital in Prayagraj on April 15 night amid police presenceMumbai Police also booked jailed gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi Goldie Brar and Rohit Garg for allegedly sending threatening emails to actor Salman Khans office Bandra Police registered a case under sections 5062120b and 34 of IPCMeanwhile Bishnoi in his confession said that apart from Salman Khan he was also targeting Shagunpreet the manager of the late Punjabi singer Sidhu MooseWalaBishnoi said that Shagunpreet was on his hit list as he managed the accounts of the late singer and had also sheltered Vicky Middukhera a student leader in Punjab politics who supported Lawrence Bishnoi and was subsequently killedCanadabased Goldy Brar has previously allegedly claimed that singer Sidhu Moosewala was assassinated to avenge the killing of Vikramjit SinghBishnoi further confessed to the NIA that one Vikas Singh a strongman from Uttar Pradeshs Ayodhya had provided shelter to operatives and henchmen of his gang at the latters hideoutOn April 18 Delhis Patiala House Court granted seven days of custody of Bishnoi to the NIA in a terror funding to proKhalistani outfitsrelated case his advocate Vishal Chopra told ANILawrence Bishnoi accused in the Siddhu Moosewala murder case was arrested by the Punjab police last yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever