Sidhu Moosewala murder case: In a significant development in the Siddhu Moosewala murder case, Sachin Bishnoi, one of the key accused in Punjabi singer murder was extradited to India from Azerbaijan's Baku on Tuesday. Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29, 2022.
Who is Sachin Bishnoi?
Sachin Bishnoi, who is the nephew of notorious criminal Lawrence Bishnoi, has been on the run since the murder in May last year. Sachin had fled India using a forged passport. He is an important member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
He recently hit headlines after demanding ransom from Dubai based Delhi businessman.
In June 2022, Sachin made a virtual call to a private news channel and confessed that he killed Moosewala. Sachin claimed he had killed the Punjabi singer and termed it an act of ‘revenge’. He had earlier posted a picture with a gun, ‘taking responsibility for the murder.
Why did he kill Moosewala?
On the call, he said the murder was the singer was not a publicity stunt but an 'act of revenge'. He said he killed Moosewala with his own hands. "I killed him as the singer had gotten our brother Vicky Middukhera’ aka Vikramjit Singh Middukhera killed," Sachin quoted in media reports.
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