G Club firing: Jpr cops grill Lawrence Bishnoi

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: Dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was brought here on Wednesday on a production warrant for interrogation in connection with firing at G Club on January 2 night, police said. The gangster was brought here from Bathinda of Punjab and taken to Jawahar Circle police station here where the case was registered. A team of Jaipur Police had gone to Bathinda on Tuesday late evening and at around 10 am on Wednesday, the gangster was detained on a production warrant from Bathinda Central Jail and left for Jaipur.

Nearly 100 policemen are deployed around who was brought to Jaipur on production warrant. the police station for security reasons. He will be interrogated in connection with the case. Recently, six people who are associates of a member of Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang were arrested for firing outside a club in Jaipur on January 29. A hotel manager was among those arrested who was also involved.

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