New Delhi- Notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was transferred from Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat to Delhi’s Mandoli Prison within the early hours of Thursday, an official mentioned.
The determination to lodge Bishnoi to Mandoli jail was taken on account of safety considerations, a senior jail official mentioned.
On May 2, gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, 33, was stabbed over 90 occasions to dying by the assailants in Tihar jail.
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) lately obtained custody of Bishnoi in relation to a case involving the smuggling of medication throughout the border.
The ATS aimed to interrogate the gangster concerning any potential connections he might have had in relation to the seizure of 40 kg of heroin, valued at over Rs 200 crore, from a Pakistani fishing boat within the Arabian Sea off the coast of Gujarat in September of final 12 months
Few days in the past, a member of the Bishnoi gang who was absconding for the final three years after leaping interim bail in an tried homicide case was nabbed in Delhi after a quick alternate of fireplace.
The accused was recognized as Yogesh alias Gogha.
He can be discovered beforehand concerned in 16 legal circumstances together with try and homicide, theft, dacoity, harm, legal intimidation and Arms Act registered in Delhi and its peripherals.