Four members of Bishnoi gang nabbed in Rajasthan

Tribune News Service
Hisar, July 31

The police have been on the alert after the arrest of four members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang — belonging to Hisar, Fatehabad and Panipat districts in Haryana — by the Bhilwara police in Rajasthan yesterday.

On Wednesday, the Bhilwara police arrested the gangsters after a hot chase on the Ajmer-Bhilwara highway.

They were found in possessing of a cache of firearms, including 20 pistols and cartridges. The police, especially in Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad, have become alert after the accused revealed to the Rajasthan Police that they were scheduled to deliver the arms in Hisar district.

The arrested gangsters were identified as Rajender alias Joker of Mugalpura village in Uklana and Pravesh of Uklana, Monu of Rajuwala village in Fatehabad and Vikram of Panipat.

Police sources said Rajender has six criminal cases registered against him in Hisar including attempt to murder.

The accused revealed to the Bhilwara police that they were acting on the directions of a jailed gangster Subham.

Hisar SP Ganga Ram Punia said that they were keeping track of the situation. “The Bhilwara police will take Subham on transit remand for interrogation about the firearms’ destination in Hisar,” he said.

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