Who is Anmol Bishnoi, brother of Lawrence Bishnoi and accused in key cases?

Anmol Bishnoi is believed to be in Canada.

New Delhi:

Lawrence Bishnoi’s younger brother Anmol came into the limelight after he was added to the National Investigation Agency’s most wanted list and a reward of Rs 10 lakh was announced for his arrest. His name has surfaced in several cases, including the murder of Punjabi singer and politician Sidhu Moosewala in 2022, the firing outside actor Salman Khan’s residence in Bandra in April and the murder of politician Baba Siddique earlier this month.

Charge sheets were filed against Anmol Bishnoi, who is from Fazilka in Punjab, in two cases registered by the NIA in 2022 and fled India on a fake passport last year. He is believed to be in Canada.

Anmol has at least 18 cases against him and allegedly provided weapons and logistical support to the men who shot dead Sidhu Moosewala near his Moosa village in Punjab’s Mansa district on June 29, 2022. Goldy Brar, member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had taken responsibility for the murder and later claimed that it was carried out to avenge the murder of Vicky Muddukhera, an Akali Dal Youth leader.

Anmol Bishnoi claimed responsibility for the shooting outside Salman Khan’s residence, Galaxy Apartments in Bandra. A charge sheet filed in the case said that before the April 14 shooting, Bishnoi gave a nine-minute speech to motivate the shooters, Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, telling them they were on their way to creating history.

“Lord Ram has blessed us. We will take care of him (Salman Khan). There is no problem, as long as he is under my control, I have no problem,” he told the shooters.

“Now it’s a matter of life or death, life or death. It’s written by God. Either the bullets will be fired in the morning or we’ll stay home. It’s in your hands what to do and what not to do. “If you work, history will be created. You will fill the newspapers,” he said.

The statement of objections said the plan had been conceived in August last year and refined until it was finally carried out in April.

In July, a Mumbai court had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Anmol Bishnoi.

Former Maharashtra minister and three-time MP Baba Siddique was shot dead on Dussehra on October 12 in front of the office of his son and MP Zeeshan Siddique. Authorities have said Anmol Bishnoi was also in contact with the shooters in this case.

Two of the shooters, Gurmail Baljit Singh from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh, were arrested soon after the murder, while Shiv Kumar Gautam, who is also from Uttar Pradesh, is on the run.