Goldy Brar, Canada-based gangster who claimed responsibility for the murder of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, has been detained in the United States, according to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Friday.
“There is a confirmed piece of news this morning,” Mann said. “Being the head of the state, I tell you that a big gangster sitting in Canada, Goldy Brar, has been detained in America. We had issued a Red Corner Notice against him. He will be extradited to India and will be punished according to the rule of the law.”
Mann added that California Police has asked the Indian government if Brar needs to be deported.
“We are discussing the issue at international level so that others are brought here,” he said. “They will be interrogated and there may be more revelations…Goldy Brar will be very soon in the custody of Punjab police.”
Moose Wala, a Congress candidate in the Punjab Assembly elections, was assassinated on May 29 in Mansa. The attack occurred just one day after the Punjab government’s Aam Aadmi Party withdrew security for 424 people, including the singer.
Brar claimed responsibility for Moose Wala’s murder in a Facebook post shortly after it occurred, claiming that it was in retaliation for the murder of Akali Dal leader Vicky Middukhera in 2021.
The Punjab Police had also apprehended gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, claiming he was linked to Brar.
The sixth shooter in the Moose Wala murder case was also apprehended on September 10. The arrest came after Punjab Police killed two gangsters suspected of being involved in the murder on July 20.