Sandeep Sandhu is an associate of gangster Gurpreet Singh alias Guri, who is lodged in Patiala jail. Both are active members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Bhullar said.
The Punjab Police seized the drugs in less than 72 hours after recovering 75 kilograms of heroin from a container at Mundra Port in Gujarat in a joint operation with the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad.
The development comes one day after gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was presented in Amritsar court in the Moosewala's murder case, and his police custody was extended by 8 days.
As per the police, two students fell from the 2nd floor of the college building during the scuffle. While one of the students died, the other was taken to the hospital.
The court has earlier allowed Punjab Police to formally arrest gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case. It said that the Punjab Police should provide the necessary documents, and after they are received, the application for transit remand will be considered.
Pune rural police had earlier arrested Siddhesh Kamble alias Mahakal, accused of sheltering Jadhav after the 2021 murder case.
Satinderjeet Singh, alias Goldy Brar, is currently in Canada. This statement came a day after Punjab Police said it had sought a Red Corner Notice against Brar 10 days before Moosewala's death.
Moose Wala was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29. Punjab police had termed the incident a case of an inter-gang rivalry and had said the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind it.
On June 3, two other suspects were nabbed by the Punjab Police from Fatehabad and their roles in Moose Wala's killing were being probed.
On Sunday, Patiala House Court in Delhi extended the police custody of Lawrence Bishnoi for a further five days. Delhi police sought extension of the remand to arrest the persons whose names came up during his interrogation.
The suspect arrested in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case was produced before the Mansa court on Tuesday which sent him to 5-day police remand.
Kumar has replaced Ishwar Singh, the additional director general of police.
Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead on Sunday evening in Mansa district, a day after his security was scaled down by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
According to reports, the attack on Congress leader and Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose wala took place just a day after the Punjab government had withdrawn his security.
A rocket-propelled grenade had hit the Intelligence Wing headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali on Monday night, shattering windowpanes on one of the floors of the building.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the strictest punishment will be meted out to those trying to spoil the state's atmosphere.
A rocket-propelled grenade fired from the street shattered glasses at Punjab Police's intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali.
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) on Monday hit the Punjab Police Intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali with police saying a 'minor explosion'.
A rocket-propelled grenade hit the Intelligence Wing headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali on Monday night, shattering windowpanes on one of the floors of the building.
As per sources in the Punjab government, the blast is not a terrorist incident. The Punjab Police Intelligence department has its own explosives due to which the blast took place.
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