Planning to kill singer began in Aug 2021: Punjab police
24 June
Punjab police's anti-gangster task force (AGTF) head ADGP Promod Ban said on Thursday that planning for eliminating singer-rapper Sidhu Moose Wala had started in August 2021 and recces were conducted at least thrice.This includes the arrest of Sirsa native Baldev alias Nikku on Thursday. Nikku had carried out a recce along with Sandeep Kekda, clicked a selfie with Moose Wala outside his house on May 29, gave a signal to the waiting shooters and passed on real-time information through video call to gangster Goldy Brar in Canada and gangster Lawerence Bishnoi's associate Sachin Thapan, who also resides abroad, for executing the murder plan. Nikku is a proclaimed offender in at least 14 other criminal cases.