Authorities in Delhi’s Tihar jail conducted searches in the cells of prisoner Lawrence Bishnoi after reports that he was behind the killing of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala. Punjab Police on Sunday said Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang and Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar have claimed responsibility for the murder. No senior prison officer wanted to comment on the searches. A mid-level officer, who asked not to be named, said the searches were conducted in Bishnoi’s high-risk cell inside jail 8. “The search team found some prohibited items.”
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