Addressing a press conference in Gujarat, Mann said, “It is confirmed news, and I say this being the head of the state, that Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, who was indulging in anti-social activities and was involved in funding such activities, has been detained in the US.”
“We will not let the social bonding of Punjab break,” Mann said, adding that the Punjab Police had recently got a Red Corner Notice (RCN) issued against him after taking up the matter with the Union Home Ministry. A senior Punjab police officer said information they have received so far suggested that Goldy Brar was likely arrested in California for some “violation” he committed there.
Mann said Goldy Brar, who was involved in murder cases and other heinous crimes, would be brought to Punjab to face trial and it would be ensured that he gets the strictest punishment for the offences he committed.
#WATCH | Ahmedabad, Gujarat: “There is a confirmed piece of news this morning. Being the Head of the State I tell you that a big gangster sitting in Canada, Goldy Brar has been detained in America,” says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. pic.twitter.com/UxIlsWSrmJ
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Brar, who went to Canada in 2017 on a student visa, is the alleged mastermind behind the gruesome murder of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moosewala who was shot dead on May 29. Moosewala, who had fought the Assembly elections in Punjab on a Congress ticket this year, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover. Canada-based Brar, the main accused in the case, had claimed responsibility for the murder.
The gangster had also claimed responsibility for the murder of Dera follower Pardeep Singh, who is one of the accused in the 2015 Bargari sacrilege case, in Kotkapura last month.
Goldy Brar, a native of Faridkot district, is a close associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. He is also involved in an extortion racket being run in Punjab and is believed to have had a hand in the murder of Youth Congress leader Gurlal Pehalwan.
