New Delhi: The Delhi police special cell arrested three persons, including two shooters, in connection with the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, officials said.
The accused have been identified as Priyavrat alias Fauji (26), a resident of Sonepat in Haryana, Kashish (24), from Jhajjar district in Haryana, and Keshav Kumar (29), a resident of Bhatinda in Punjab. The trio were arrested on June 19 from Kutch in Gujarat, police said.
HGS Dhaliwal, special CP, Delhi police, said that the accused had conducted multiple recces before executing the murder. Eight grenades, nine electric detonators, three pistols and one assault rifle have been recovered from arrested accused, Dhaliwal said.
Officials said that Fauji is the head of the module, who led the team of shooters and was in direct touch with Goldy Brar at the time of incident. He is the main shooter and executioner of the murder.
The officials said Fauji was previously involved in two murder cases and was arrested in 2015 in one of the murder cases in Sonipat and wanted in another murder case of Sonipat in 2021.
The Special Cell also arrested a third person named 29-year-old Keshav Kumar, a resident of Awa Basti, Bhatinda, Punjab, who facilitated the main shooters in the case, as he received them just after the shootout in an Alto car.
