NEW DELHI: A bar fight and a shooting incident that led to the death of a yet-to-be-identified person in California on Tuesday have fuelled reports of the killing of gangster-turned-terrorist Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar on US soil. With no official reaction from FBI and rival gangs claiming responsibility on social media, the buzz refused to die down.
Brar, who is accused of orchestrating the killing of Punjabi pop singer Sidhu Moose Wala, is the Man Friday of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who is lodged in a jail in Gujarat.Intelligence sources said a DNA test would have to be conducted to confirm if Brar is dead as he supposedly used a fake identity to enter US territory.
The incident which triggered reports of Brar’s death took place around 5.25pm (local time) at Fairmont and Holt Avenue in Fresno, California. Unidentified men allegedly opened fire on two men standing outside a house and fled the area. The duo was taken to hospital where one of them died. Brar’s rivals, criminals Arsh Dalla and Lakbhir Landa, claimed responsibility for the attack and said the person who died was Brar.
The second incident reportedly happened in a club in Fresno where a man named Pavittra Singh, a close aide of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, clashed with Brar over some issue, a source said. The fight escalated and resulted in firing of gunshots. However, there was no confirmation of any death in the incident. Brar went to Canada on a student visa in 2017. After his cousin Gurlal was killed outside a nightclub in Chandigarh in 2020, Brar got involved in the gang’s operations aggressively.
Gang-related killings increased both in India and abroad and the rivalry with the Bambiha syndicate reached a flashpoint when Bishnoi and Brar’s close aide, Vicky Middukhera, was killed. Moosewala was killed in retaliation.
Brar, who is accused of orchestrating the killing of Punjabi pop singer Sidhu Moose Wala, is the Man Friday of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who is lodged in a jail in Gujarat.Intelligence sources said a DNA test would have to be conducted to confirm if Brar is dead as he supposedly used a fake identity to enter US territory.
The incident which triggered reports of Brar’s death took place around 5.25pm (local time) at Fairmont and Holt Avenue in Fresno, California. Unidentified men allegedly opened fire on two men standing outside a house and fled the area. The duo was taken to hospital where one of them died. Brar’s rivals, criminals Arsh Dalla and Lakbhir Landa, claimed responsibility for the attack and said the person who died was Brar.
The second incident reportedly happened in a club in Fresno where a man named Pavittra Singh, a close aide of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, clashed with Brar over some issue, a source said. The fight escalated and resulted in firing of gunshots. However, there was no confirmation of any death in the incident. Brar went to Canada on a student visa in 2017. After his cousin Gurlal was killed outside a nightclub in Chandigarh in 2020, Brar got involved in the gang’s operations aggressively.
Gang-related killings increased both in India and abroad and the rivalry with the Bambiha syndicate reached a flashpoint when Bishnoi and Brar’s close aide, Vicky Middukhera, was killed. Moosewala was killed in retaliation.