Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis reveals the process to arrest another gang member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang is underway. In a candid conversation, Fadnavis, who also holds the home portfolio of the state, said, “the process to secure the second arrest was underway.”
His remarks came after the arrest of Harichand Jat alias Harry Boxer, who allegedly ran gang operations from the US. He mentioned that the second arrest of the gang member was on the cards.
Fadnavis said, “Of the total four people operating from abroad, one has been arrested and expressed confidence that another arrest would take place soon.”
He further went on to praise the Mumbai police for their action against the gang and for solving the cases involving fire incidents targeting prominent personalities.
During his interaction, he also ruled out the existence of a large organized criminal gang, stating that the network does not have a dedicated cadre of gang members. It instead allegedly recruits young men from rural areas, uses them to execute their plans and after exploiting their financial vulnerability and offering them money or other incentives, the young youths are assigned specific assignments and not, and are not permanent members of the gang, he added.
In a coordinated effort by the CBI and the international police, Harry Boxer was arrested in US who has several criminal cases including murder, threats and extortion registered against him on Saturday. Previous month, members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang opened fire at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai’s Juhu area following the attack, the gang claimed the responsibility through a social media post attributed to gangster Anil Pandit.
After others, Anil Pandit is among the four alleged gang operatives based abroad involved in executing operations for the gang. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has been linked to several firing incidents and extortion threats in Mumbai and other parts of the country. Its alleged members and associates are suspected of coordinating operations through a masked network of shooters and handlers based across the country.