For Central intelligence agencies and state police sleuths tracking the syndicate of high-profile gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in Sabarmati jail, and Goldy Brar, who is believed to be operating out of the US, there is a new headache.
Bishnoi and Brar have split.
This is what Central agencies have concluded after questioning a number of their associates, sources told .
“Both the gangsters have decided to stop working together. Goldy has started working with Azerbaijan-based Rohit Godara while Bishnoi is now associated with Canada-based Noni Rana. This feud and their new syndicates are now a source of increasing tension for state police forces,” an official said.
According to sources, this development was discussed with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently by police officers from Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and .
Sources said the split happened after Bishnoi got upset with Brar and Godara over their handling of his brother Anmol’s case in the US. “Central intelligence agencies received information that Brar and Godara did not help Anmol file the required bail bond. Anmol was later released but with an ankle bracelet tracker,” sources said.
Anmol (25) was arrested by US immigration authorities in November 2024 for allegedly travelling with fake documents. He was allegedly involved in Punjabi singer in May 2022, and was the “mastermind” in the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique last year.
According to sources, state police officers found that over the past few months, Noni Rana (Surya Pratap), the younger brother of Kala Rana (Virender Pratap), who is a known gangster from Haryana’s Yamunanagar, has been making calls from the US and collecting money on behalf of Bishnoi.
“Nowadays, gangsters do not make extortion calls directly from the US but use VPN services linked to other countries,” they said.
Referring to Brar and Godara, the sources said, “Last month, they took responsibility in a social media post for the killing of Harjit Singh, a businessman operating a trucking safety and insurance consultancy, outside his office in Canada’s Mississauga… they did not mention the name of Lawrence and other gang members, which they usually do in such posts.”
Apart from the killings of Moosewala and Siddique, Bishnoi’s name has cropped up over the past three years in connection with multiple threats issued to , including the firing outside the actor’s house.
Meanwhile, Canada has alleged that “agents” of the Indian government were collaborating with the Bishnoi gang to spread terror on Canadian soil — a charge that India has denied.
Brar (Satwinderjit Singh), the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Moosewala, was declared a designated terrorist by the Centre under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in 2024.
During his initial days in the world of crime, Lawrence had formed a team with Brar, Kala Rana and others. “Bishnoi later made a ‘business model’ involving alliances with gangsters from UP (Dhanajay Singh), Punjab (Jaggu Bhagwanpuria), Haryana (Kala Jatheri), Rajasthan (Rohit Godara) and Delhi (Rohit Moi and Hashim Baba),” sources said.
“Things were working smoothly between them, but then it all started changing. First, there were ego clashes with Bhagwanpuria, who was supplying weapons to them and asking for more money. After some time, Kala Jatheri also separated after he found that Godara and Brar were making extortion calls to several people in Haryana, his stronghold,” sources said.
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