The Mohali police has booked foreign-based gangster Goldy Brar in connection with the murder of one, Gurwinder Singh alias Lambbad, who was shot dead in Mohali, Punjab, on Wednesday by two unidentified assailants.
Gurwinder was one of the accused in the 2020 murder of Gurlal Brar, Goldy’s cousin, and had come to a court along with his wife for a hearing in an opium recovery case when the assailants fired several rounds at him, killing him on the spot. Gurwinder’s wife later told police they had been receiving threats from Goldy.
Gurwinder was a resident of Rurki Pukhta village in Mohali’s Sadar Kharar area. Police said the incident occurred at around 3 pm when Guwinder was opening the boot of his car parked on the road after attending the court hearing.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Rupnagar Range, Nanak Singh, told the press that Gurwinder had come for a hearing in a 4 kg opium recovery case and was on bail in this matter.
Singh said Gurwinder had a criminal background and had been named in the Gurlal Brar murder case. “This angle is also being examined,” he said.
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The DIG said that based on the statement of the deceased’s wife, a case under Sections 103(1) (murder), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act has been registered at Police Station Sohana against Goldy Brar.
Gurwinder’s brazen murder in daylight near the senior superintendent of police’s office has put the spotlight once again on deteriorating law and order in Punjab and rising gang and mafia wars.
Assuring people of “quick action”, the DIG said they are investigating the matter and would catch the assailants soon. “We have leads, and we have information on who got it done. We are working on it,” he said.
“Multiple teams have been constituted for technical analysis, scientific investigation, and human intelligence to trace and arrest the accused at the earliest,” Singh said.
Soon after the incident, an unverified audio clip started doing the rounds on social media, purportedly featuring Goldy claiming responsibility for Gurwinder’s murder and issuing threats in the wake of his parents’ arrest. In an unverified post on social media, gangsters Goldy, Rohit Godara and Vicky Pehlwan also claimed responsibility for the killing of Gurwinder while citing his alleged involvement in the murder of Gurlal.
In the audio clip, the speaker, purportedly Goldy, can be heard challenging the state government to “face things head-on”.
“If you have the courage, be fair and face things head-on. You and your agencies used your might but failed to catch me, and now you have arrested my elderly parents from Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple). Do you think you can scare us? We are not afraid,” the speaker says, and goes on to “warn” officials in Punjab about his “global network”.
“Governments come and go. The children of all leaders and police officers are settled abroad. You are limited to Punjab, but we are in the entire world. If you do anything unfair, then we will do the same,” the speaker said.
The parents of Goldy were arrested recently in a 2024 extortion case.
Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar was designated a “terrorist” by India in 2024 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). He is at present believed to be in the US.
Earlier, he was an active member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, but parted ways with it last year. He is now part of the Brar-Rohit Godara-Kala Jatheri gang.
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