Moose Wala murder: One arrested; Delhi Police get custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi

The arrested, Manpreet Singh, sent to five-day police custody

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R The Punjab Police, on Tuesday, made its first arrest in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case, two days after the Punjabi singer-politician was shot dead in Mansa district.

Manpreet Singh has been arrested was produced before a court, which sent him to police custody for five days, said an official.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police's Special Cell got three-day custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi after arresting him from Tihar in a case of Arms Act and will question him again in connection with the Moose Wala murder, officials said.

On Monday too, a team of Special Cell had interrogated Bishnoi, who is facing nearly 60 cases, in Tihar.Gangster Kala Jathedi and his aide Kala Rana, who were in police custody in a different case, were also questioned in connection with the murder.

Bishnoi was produced at the Patiala House court, and was remanded in three days of police custody for questioning in connection with the case where three criminals were arrested after a brief encounter with the Special Cell's unit last month.

During interrogation, the arrested criminals had disclosed that the weapons recovered from them were supplied by Bishnoi, a senior police official said.

Bishnoi faces charges under the Arms Act and other sections related to assault on a public servant in the case."Since Bishnoi has been taken into police custody, we will also be questioning him in connection with the killing of Moose Wala in Punjab," the police official said.

Punjab Police had on Sunday said the killing of Moose Wala seemed to be the result of an inter-gang rivalry and that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was involved in it.

"On Tuesday, gangster Bishnoi was questioned for a few hours by the Special cell unit and then was arrested in a different case. He was then taken to a Delhi Court to get his police custody," a jail official said.When contacted, Bishnoi's advocate Vishal Chopra said Bishnoi's police remand has nothing to do with Moose Wala murder.

Moose Wala was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover.