The recent announcement of a bounty by Kshatriya Karni Sena president Raj Shekhawat for any police officer who “meets” Lawrence Bishnoi, currently incarcerated in Sabarmati jail, raises the question of why the outfit is targeting the notorious gangster.

On December 5, 2023, shooters from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrived at Shyamnagar in Jaipur and shot dead Karni Sena leader Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, firing a total of 17 rounds.

In 2020, Rohit Godara of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had threatened to kill Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, by calling him from several international numbers. In March 2023, Gogamedi requested police protection, but this was not obtained.

Gogamedi was murdered by gangster Rohit Godara after becoming a target of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in 2017.

In 2017, gangster Anandpal Singh was killed in an encounter with police. Gogamedi attracted attention by staging a 15-day dharna with Singh’s body. Over time, he started forming an organization for the upliftment of the Rajput, which aroused the wrath of Rohit Godara.

Gogamedi was a Rajput, while Godara was a Jat. Godara believed that Gogamedi always favored the Rajputs. This led him to plan Gogamedi’s murder. Godara meticulously planned the murder for six months.

Godara hired Naveen Rathore, an acquaintance who frequently visited Gogamedi’s home, and recruited Nitin Fauji as a second shooter. Fauji had joined the Karni Sena six months earlier.

A video from the day of the murder has gone viral on social media. On December 5, the trio went to Gogamedi on the pretext of giving him a wedding card. While Godara and Fauji sat in front, Rathore sat next to Gogamedi. The shooters shared tea with him in the dining room before chatting.

To Gogamedi’s surprise, the attackers shot him 17 times inside the house. Rohit Godara also took a shot at Rathore. This incident triggered the ongoing enmity between the Karni Sena and the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

Lawrence Bishnoi is currently incarcerated in Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Jail and faces numerous charges, including murder, attempt to murder, extortion and drug and arms trafficking across various states.

Hailing from a network of gangsters and terrorist networks, Lawrence Bishnoi has been named by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in several high-profile cases, including his alleged links with banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International and drug smuggling. arms and ammunition from Pakistan. .

Although the NIA has taken significant steps to dismantle its criminal network, it continues to execute its scheme through a large group of goons and snipers in several states, particularly in the north and western India.