Gangster Deepak Tinu, a close aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and one of the accused in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s murder case, on Sunday escaped from the Mansa Police’s Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) unit’s custody in Punjab.

Tinu, a close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and another accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, is among 24 accused who have been charge-sheeted in the murder case.

A senior Punjab police officer confirmed that Bishnoi’s aide, Deepak Tinu, who was chargesheeted in the Moosewala murder case, has escaped from the Punjab Police Custody. He escaped the CIA custody around 11 pm on Saturday when he was brought on a production warrant from Goindwal Sahib jail in another case by the police, the sources said.

Talking to the reporters, Mukhwinder Singh Chhina, Inspector General of Bathinda range, said the police is working on it. The police team are on the job and will catch him soon, he also told the reporters.

Anti-gangster Task Force led by AIG Gurmeet Chauhan has been rushed to Mansa to nab him. The Police of neighbouring states, including Rajasthan and Haryana, have been alerted. A possible hide-out was raided by police in Sirsa, Haryana, on Sunday, the DGP Gaurav Yadav said.

Punjab police had brought him on transit remand from the Tihar jail in Delhi on July 4 in the Moose Wala Murder case.

The popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29. He was killed when he was on his way to Mansa village in a jeep with his friend and cousin.

After the killing, Goldy Brar, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had claimed responsibility for the popular Punjabi singer’s murder.

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