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The Punjab Police on Tuesday said it has arrested at least eight persons in connection with the murder of singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala, who was short dead on May 29.
These eight people, according to the police, have been arrested for providing logistic support, conducting recce and harbouring the shooters, who killed Moosewala in Mansa district.
The state’s Information and Public Relations Departmentalso said that the police have also arrested a man who disguised as fan, clicked selfies with Moosewala and shared information with shooters.
The Special Investigation Team has also also identified four shooters who opened fire at Moosewala, it added.
On Monday, Punjab Police arrested a man from Haryana’s Sirsa who is alleged to have passed on information about the singer’s movements to the sharpshooters who waylaid his vehicle and shot him.
The accused arrested from Sirsa has been identified as Sandeep alias Kekra, who was roped in to conduct the recce by Sachin Bishnoi, who has claimed to have killed Moosewala “with his own hands”.
Sachin is the nephew of Lawrence Bishnoi, a jailed gangster from Punjab whose gang members had initially claimed to have carried out the killing as revenge.
On Sunday, the Punjab Police had nabbbed Davinder Singh alias Kala from Fatehabad for allegedly providing shelter to two others suspected of arranging one of the vehicles, a Bolero, used in the crime and affixing fake number plates.
The police had made the first arrest in the case on May 31 when they nabbed Manpreet Singh Bhau, who is alleged to have arranged the other vehicle — a Toyota Corolla — used in the crime.
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