Rana Sidhu murder case solved, gangster arrested

Muktsar, December 17

The police today claimed to have solved the murder case of Ranjit Singh, alias Rana Sidhu, who was shot dead by four armed attackers at Aulakh village on the Muktsar-Malout highway on October 22.

Muktsar SSP D Sudarvizhi said an accused, Pawan Nehra, had been arrested and two pistols recovered from him. “Mastermind Goldy Brar, who is presently in Canada, and two other accused, are yet to be arrested. Goldy wanted to avenge the death of his cousin Gurlal Brar, who was shot in Chandigarh. He planned the killing along with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. He took help of three other persons — Pawan Nehra, Monu, alias Sukha and Jaspal Singh, alias Sarpanch — all from Haryana. Nehra has been arrested and the remaining accused will be arrested soon,” he said. Sources said Nehra once carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head. He is facing a number of criminal cases, including murders in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Notably, Rana had taken his pregnant wife to see a doctor at Aulakh village, where three persons chased him in a car and killed him. The attackers had fired nearly 15 rounds on Rana, who died while sitting on the driving seat of his car.

Rana was also facing nearly 12 criminal cases, including two of liquor smuggling.

Notably, some hours after Rana’s murder, a post was made from the Facebook account of one Gurlal Brar, taking responsibility of this killing, tagging gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Gurlal, a student leader, was killed in Chandigarh on October 10. — TNS