Scared of encounter, Lawrence Bishnoi moves Punjab and Haryana High Court

Sanjay Yadav
Gurugram, August 27

In the wake of the recent encounter of UP’s dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court highlighting his fear of suffering the same fate at the hands of Haryana Police.

Currently lodged in Bharatpur jail for allegedly plotting to murder actor Salman Khan, Bishnoi is wanted for many heinous crimes across the state and Haryana Police have sought his custody on a production warrant.

Bishnoi has submitted a petition in Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking security cover and his transfer on production warrant should be in handcuffs.

“Haryana Police registered a case number 252 against me at Dabwali in Sirsa district and applied for production warrant. I want security cover and measures like handcuff as I fear being killed in encounter,” reads the petition.

Not only Bishnoi but many other gangsters too have highlighted such fears and sought security moving to local or high court.

Amongst those who have moved court seeking similar covers are gangster Kaushal, Amit Dagar, Manish etc.

“Gangster Bishnoi had approached the court earlier for the same this is just a pressure tactic they use every time to evade questioning in concerned cases,” said B Satheesh Balan, IG, STF, Haryana.

It may be noted that Bishnoi is a notorious gangster and former SOPU leader. He has over 20 cases registered against him including cases of attempt to murder, extortion, snatching, carjacking and under the Arms Act in Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana.

In January 2018, he had given life threat to Salman Khan ahead of a court hearing of 1998 blackbuck poaching case and his men were nabbed doing recce of his house in Mumbai.