2 shooters held in Faridkot Cong leader Gurlal Singh Pehalwan murder case

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, April 17

Around two months after Youth Congress district president and zila parishad member Gurlal Singh Pehalwan was killed here, the Delhi Police have again come to the rescue of the Faridkot police by arresting two shooters — Amit, alias Chhotu, of Delhi and Rajan Jaat of Jhajjar, Haryana — on Friday evening.

On February 22, four days after Pehlwan was killed here, the Delhi Police’s special cell had made a breakthrough in the case by arresting three persons. They claimed that Pehalwan’s murder was orchestrated by a Canada-based gangster and his associate and jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Sources said the Faridkot police had started the process to bring the two shooters on production warrant from Delhi. The Faridkot and Delhi police have already arrested nine persons in the Pehalwan case, but are facing problem in getting the production warrant of prime suspect Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in a high security jail in Ajmer. Preliminary investigation has revealed that Pehalwan was killed to avenge the murder of Gurlal Singh Brar in November 2020.

A close relative of Brar in Canada allegedly hatched the conspiracy to kill Pehalwan in Faridkot. One of the assailants, arrested by the Delhi Police, is a relative of Brar.

Last week, in a joint operation with the HP Police, the Faridkot police had arrested a close aide of Bishnoi, who played the key role in executing the plan besides providing shelter to the accused.

Process on to bring them back

• The Faridkot police have started the process to bring the two shooters on production warrant from Delhi
• The Faridkot and Delhi police have already arrested nine persons in the Pehalwan case