In addition to Hardeep Singh Nijjar, US fees Lawrence Bishnoi for assaults on Salman Khan, Gippy Grewal, Moosewala | India Information
4 min learnNew DelhiJul 10, 2026 12:17 AM IST
Not solely Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in Canada in 2024, the US Division of Justice indictment additionally held the Lawrence Bishnoi gang chargeable for different incidents together with capturing on the residence of actor Salman Khanthreats issued to Punjabi actor and singer Gippy Grewaland “ordering and directing” the homicide of Sidhu Moose Wala (Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu).
“Acts of violence dedicated by members and associates of the Bishnoi organised crime group, or OCG, usually focused distinguished cultural, political, and enterprise leaders in India and diaspora communities outdoors of India,” US DoJ indictment says.
It additional said that “the group had claimed accountability by means of an interview with a media outlet for ordering and directing the homicide of SSS, a distinguished Indian singer and rapper who was murdered on Could 29, 2022 in Mansa, Punjab,” the US DoJ says. That is almost definitely a reference to famous Punjabi singer and Congress chief Sidhu Moose Wala (Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, or SSS), who was shot and killed on Could 29, 2022, in Jawaharke village of the Mansa district.
“Between 2022 and 2026, Bishnoi introduced, on a number of events, his intention to homicide SK, a widely known Indian actor and tv persona,” the indictment mentioned. Based on sources, it is a reference to actor Salman Khan, whose residence was underneath assault in April 2024, apart from the safety breach on his movie set. The gang has been repeatedly threatening the actor, primarily because of the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.
“Members and associates of the Bishnoi OCG used these and comparable claims to advertise the enterprise and instil concern within the public, together with to extort members of the general public based mostly on concern of the Bishnoi OCG,” says the DoJ.
On November 25, 2023, defendant Bishnoi claimed accountability for a capturing that occurred on November 24, 2023 in Vancouver, Canada on the residence of RG, a distinguished Indian actor and singer, in an internet put up to Fb that warned, in Punjabi, “nobody can prevent from us,” it mentioned. That is understood to be a reference to Punjabi actor/singer Rupinder Grewal, or Gippy Grewal, as photographs had been fired outdoors his home on the identical date in Vancouver.
The DoJ says the Bishnoi organised crime group, or OCG, originated in Punjab, underneath the management of its founder, defendant Bishnoi. Whereas enrolled in college within the early 2010s, Bishnoi styled himself as a pupil chief and developed a community of associates and followers. He quickly, thereafter, traded campus politics for prison exercise, and refashioned his associates and followers right into a prison organisation, the US DoJ indictment mentioned.
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The Bishnoi OCG recruited new members primarily from weak, deprived populations in India, together with by means of promotional movies and messages posted on social media websites. The Bishnoi OCG usually recruited minors from impoverished areas in Punjab. The Bishnoi OCG focused minors for recruitment to minimise the sentencing publicity that may in any other case connect to violent prison exercise dedicated by members and associates of the enterprise, the US DoJ says.
