Punjab Police has officially resolved to pursue the custody of Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the moment the National Investigation Agency completes its current round of interrogation. A senior officer from the state police, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that a formal application will be filed in court seeking a production warrant to bring Anmol into Punjab Police custody for sustained and detailed questioning aimed at dismantling the deep-rooted criminal syndicate still active across the state.
Anmol Bishnoi faces charges in no fewer than 16 First Information Reports registered in various police stations of Punjab between October 2012 and July 2025. These cases encompass some of the gravest offences under the Indian Penal Code and special laws, including murder, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, extortion, dacoity, robbery, house trespass, theft, and multiple violations of the Arms Act. The majority of these cases originate from Abohar and Fazilka districts, reflecting the stronghold his family and associates once enjoyed in the border belt of Punjab.
The National Investigation Agency arrested Anmol immediately upon his deportation from the United States in connection with a 2022 case that investigates the alarming nexus between organised criminal gangs operating from India and the designated terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International. However, his name carries even greater weight in the brutal daylight murder of celebrated Punjabi Singer and Congress Leader Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, who was gunned down in Jawaharke village of Mansa district on 29 May 2022. Investigating agencies have established that Anmol, along with his brother Lawrence Bishnoi and Canada-based handler Goldy Brar, masterminded the conspiracy, arranged finances, procured weapons, and provided real-time logistical support to the six shooters who executed the killing.
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Anmol had managed to evade Indian authorities for over three years by fleeing the country in November 2021. Using a forged Indian passport in the name of one Bhanu Pratap, son of Rakesh Kumar of Faridabad, he first landed in Dubai before eventually reaching the United States. Punjab Police had alerted the Intelligence Bureau within weeks of the Moosewala murder, leading to the issuance of a Look-Out Circular, open non-bailable warrants, and sustained diplomatic efforts that finally culminated in his deportation. A separate case under stringent sections of passport forgery, cheating, and criminal conspiracy stands registered against him at the State Crime Police Station in Mohali.
Law enforcement sources emphasise that Anmol Bishnoi’s interrogation is expected to yield critical breakthroughs not only in closing evidentiary gaps that remain in the Sidhu Moosewala assassination case despite the filing of a chargesheet, but also in exposing the full extent of the terror-crime syndicate that continues to recruit youth, extort businesses, and eliminate rivals across Punjab and neighbouring states. With Lawrence Bishnoi already behind bars and Goldy Brar operating from Canada, authorities believe bringing Anmol into state custody could deliver the decisive blow to one of India’s most notorious gangster-terror networks.
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