Lawrence Bishnoi Jail Interview | “Earned Rs. 26 Lakh, Spent Rs. 2.6 Crore” : Punjab DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu Dismissed
Dismissed DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu face a vigilance bureau case, for possessing property from unknown revenue supply, linked to the controversial Lawrence Bishnoi jail interview. Investigation revealed, DSP spent 10 instances of his official revenue over three years.
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PUNJAB: On 24 June, Supreme Courtroom dismissed a withdraw petition filed by the previous DSP of Punjab, Gursher Singh Sandhu. He has approached the apex courtroom concerning the interview of a gangster, Lawrence Bishnoi within the jail.
The query is, how the interview is held within the jail and the way the DSP spent 10 instances of his official revenue throughout three years.
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Expenses Towards Lawrence Bishnoi
Lawrence Bishnoi, a infamous determine in India’s organized crime panorama, faces a variety of great felony fees. He’s accused in a number of circumstances involving extortion, homicide, felony intimidation, arms smuggling, and arranged violence.
The FIR listed seven fees, together with Sections 384 (extortion), 201 (destruction of proof), 202 (intentional concealment of details about an offence), 506 (felony intimidation), 116 (abetment of offences punishable by imprisonment), and 120-B (felony conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, together with Part 52-A(1) of the Prisons (Punjab Modification) Act, 2011.
One of the high-profile fees in opposition to him contains his alleged function within the homicide of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, which drew nationwide consideration. Along with this, Bishnoi has been linked to a number of circumstances of extortion rackets concentrating on celebrities, businessmen, and actual property builders.
He has been arrested a number of instances, and stays in custody whereas going through trial for the continued circumstances in opposition to him as he’s concerned in numerous authorized fees together with homicide, extortion and conspiracy.
Bishnoi Interview Row
On March 2023, a personal information channel broadcast two interviews with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, recorded whereas he was in custody, first on the Central Intelligence Company (CIA) workplace in Kharar, and later from a jail in Rajasthan.
The televised interviews sparked a serious uproar over how he gained entry to cellphones, Wi‑Fi, and even studio-like services contained in the jail.
In December 2023, the Punjab & Haryana Excessive Courtroom initiated suo motu proceedings and ordered the registration of an FIR. A Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) led by IPS Prabodh Kumar was shaped to probe the safety breaches
The SIT report on 9 October 2024 concluded that the Anti‑Gangster Process Power had “unbridled and undocumented entry” to Bishnoi, highlighting main protocol failures. Seven officers, together with DSP Sandhu, had been suspended or dismissed.
Case Towards DSP
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has filed a case in opposition to dismissed DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu and his mom, Sukhwant Kaur, for allegedly amassing property disproportionate to their recognized sources of revenue.
Sandhu formally earned simply ₹26 lakh, however is accused of spending over ₹2.6 crore, practically 10 instances his respectable revenue throughout three years.
Aside from the property case, DSP Sandhu can be being probed for his alleged involvement in land fraud and extortion. In accordance with reviews:
- He used proxies to buy disputed lands at undervalued costs.
- He then intimidated real landowners utilizing false complaints and cast paperwork.
- These lands had been later offered at inflated costs, permitting him to generate massive sums of unaccounted wealth.
- Sandhu can be believed to have shaped shell firms and used third-party financial institution accounts to launder illicit proceeds.
The SIT discovered that Sandhu, serving as DSP (Investigation) in Mohali and overlaying the CIA workplace in Kharar, facilitated a televised interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from jail custody in September 2022. Punjab Authorities dismissed him in Jan 2025 underneath Article 311.
Sandhu is at the moment the topic of FIR notices underneath Part 41A CrPC for his involvement. His attraction was reviewed by the Supreme Courtroom, the place he withdrew his plea on June 24, 2025, and redirected to the Punjab & Haryana Excessive Courtroom.
The Excessive Courtroom, on June 7, 2025, demanded sealed reviews on jail safety lapses and summoned the police to determine who licensed the interviews. The matter is listed for listening to on July 3, 2025.
Case Title:
Gursher Singh Sandhu v. State of Punjab & Anr.
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