Wanted drug smuggler Sunil Yadav shot dead in US, Lawrence Bishnoi gang claims responsibility

Sunil Yadav, an infamous drug smuggler wanted in several cases in Rajasthan, was shot down in California’s Stockton city on Tuesday (24 Dec), as said by multiple news agencies reporting NDTV. He was an ill-famed person known for getting drugs into India via the Pakistan route. Previously his name had come in an interconnection with a drug case with drugs seized at rupees 300 crore. 

> According to reports Lawrence Bishnoi gang member has claimed the killing of Yadav’s death, further gangster Rohit Godara owned up to the entire incident. 

> “He had worked with Punjab police to get our brother Ankit Bhadu killed in an encounter. We have avenged him,” NDTV quoted Godhara. 

> Previously he absconded as his name came in Ankit Bhadu’s encounter death. “In the US, he was sharing information about our brothers,” Godhara added.

> Sunil belongs to Abohar in Punjab’s Fazilka district. He fled to the USA two years ago forging an identity under the name Rahul.  

>He was on cordial terms with Lawrence Bishnoi and Sunil Yadav but the shootout has turned against him, according to the report. 

> He stayed in Dubai, and Rajasthan police had maneuvered to arrest him with the authorities in Dubai. He was brought back to India later on. 

> Sunil was arrested in connection with the murder of a jeweller, Pankaj Soni, in Rajasthan’s Ganganagar district but got out on bail.

The police are now investigating how he was shot by Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang member Rohit Godara.

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Earlier arrests in Bishnoi gang  

The Punjab police had apprehended two members of the Bishnoi gang after an interesting chase and a shootout in Jalandhar. They seized three pistols and several cartridges from them.

The cops were fired upon by the suspect during the chase, which triggered the police to knock them down, as said by the police. The suspects who were arrested have numerous cases registered against them, including extortion, murder, the Arms Act, and drug laws, said the police.

(With inputs from agencies)