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Bishnoi, who along with wanted Canada-based "terrorist" Goldy Brar ran a criminal syndicate, has been behind bars for more than 10 years but has still managed to operate his syndicate, the police said. He is presently lodged in Sabarmati jail in Gujarat.
"Those arrested have been identified as Karandeep Singh alias Kannu of Maur Mandi, Raghuveer Singh and Kulwinder Singh, both residents of Bathinda," said director general of police Gaurav Yadav. "Police teams have also recovered three pistols along with six live cartridges and six magazines from their possession, besides impounding their Hyundai Verna car."
The car belonged to Raghuveer Singh, according to the police.
Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that accused Kannu was directly in touch with Bishnoi and the recovered weapons were meant to be used for target killings.
Speaking to ET, Bathinda's counter-intelligence assistant inspector general, Avneet Kaur Sidhu, said, "Police teams have identified two more operatives of this module. Kannu was the one who was in touch with Lawrence and has admitted to speaking to him over phone." According to the police, the trio received weapons a few days ago and their targets were rival members of other criminal gangs.
Police nabbed the members of the criminal gang when they were coming towards Bathinda from Maur. The gang headed by Bishnoi was recently involved in firing outside film star Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai.
In multiple charge-sheets, the agency has drawn comparison between Bishnoi and Dawood Ibrahim. "Lawrence Bishnoi like Dawood Ibrahim had become a notorious gangster who has started assisting terrorist organizations within a period of 10 years of his criminal activities. His terror syndicate has consistently been aiming to destabilise the law and order in north India through targeted killings, extortion, and attempted murders," National Investigation Agency said.
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