Currently, Bishnoi is lodged successful Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Central Jail (Express Archives)
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been acquitted successful a 2021 extortion lawsuit owed to insufficient evidence. Faridkot Judicial Magistrate First Class S. Sohi delivered the verdict connected Wednesday, noting that the complainant, a textile businessman from Kotkapura, failed to substantiate his allegations.
The businessman had alleged that helium received a WhatsApp telephone from an idiosyncratic claiming to beryllium gangster Goldy Brar, who demanded ₹50 lakh connected behalf of Bishnoi and issued threats if the wealth was not paid. Following the complaint, an FIR was registered against Bishnoi and Brar connected July 19, 2021.
In 2022, Bishnoi was brought to Faridkot nether dense constabulary information for this case, with consequent hearings conducted via video conferencing. However, owed to a deficiency of evidence, helium was acquitted connected January 28, said his counsel, Amit Mittal.
Background connected Lawrence Bishnoi
Born connected February 12, 1993, successful Duttranwali colony of Fazilka district, Bishnoi is simply a instrumentality postgraduate who became profoundly progressive successful pupil authorities astatine Panjab University. Over the years, helium has been implicated successful aggregate transgression activities, including extortion, cause trafficking, and high-profile murders. He has besides been linked to threats against Bollywood histrion Salman Khan and the execution of vocalist Sidhu Moosewala.
Currently, Bishnoi is lodged successful Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Central Jail, wherever helium was transferred from Delhi’s Tihar Jail nether charges related to the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Despite being down bars, reports suggest helium continues to run his transgression syndicate.
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