Gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar part ways: Report
New Delhi: A major split has reportedly occurred between notorious gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar, raising fresh concerns for central intelligence and state police forces monitoring their criminal networks.
Lawrence Bishnoi, currently lodged in Gujarat’s Sabarmati jail, and Goldy Brar, believed to be operating from the United States, are no longer working together, The Indian Express reported, citing sources.
Citing unnamed sources, the report stated that Brar has allied with Azerbaijan-based gangster Rohit Godara, while Bishnoi is said to be working with Canada-based Noni Rana. “Both the gangsters have decided to stop working together. This feud and their new syndicates are now a source of increasing tension for state police forces,” an intelligence official said.
The fallout reportedly stemmed from Bishnoi's anger over the handling of his brother Anmol's legal troubles in the United States. Brar and Godara allegedly failed to assist Anmol in securing a bail bond after his arrest by U.S. immigration authorities in November 2024 for allegedly using fake travel documents. Anmol was later released but with an ankle bracelet tracker.
Anmol Bishnoi (25) has been linked to the May 2022 murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and is also named as the “mastermind” behind the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique last year.
Sources further pointed out that gangsters these days do not make extortion calls directly from the U.S. but use VPN services linked to other countries. Investigations over the past few months have revealed that Noni Rana (Surya Pratap), younger brother of Haryana’s Yamunanagar-based gangster Kala Rana (Virender Pratap), has been operating from the U.S., making calls and collecting money on behalf of Lawrence Bishnoi, the report added, citing sources.
Further signs of the gang rift emerged last month when Brar and Godara reportedly claimed responsibility, via a social media post, for the killing of businessman Harjit Singh in Mississauga, Canada. Notably, they omitted any mention of Bishnoi or his associates, breaking from their usual pattern of naming co-conspirators.
Sources cited in the report said that during his early days in crime, Lawrence Bishnoi had formed a team with Goldy Brar, Kala Rana, and others. They added that 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).
Tensions within the Bishnoi-Brar gang alliance reportedly began to surface due to ego clashes, financial disputes, and overlapping extortion operations. “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,” TIE quoted its sources as saying.
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India Post launches first ‘Gen Z’ post office in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: India Post has launched its first Gen Z Post Office in Bengaluru at the Acharya Institute of Technology, aiming to attract college students in an age dominated by emails, WhatsApp and social media.
According to a report published by The New Indian Express, Harsha MR, Assistant Superintendent, Bengaluru West Division Post Office, said the new post office, officially named Gen Z Post Office, Achit Nagar, Bengaluru (PIN 560107), will be inaugurated on Wednesday. It has been creatively designed and painted with graffiti by students of the institute to make it more appealing to young people.
He said “In the Gen Z post office, we have introduced two categories in one category, students can come and work with our staff and get good experience, know more about the schemes and services available under India Post”. “In another category, they can work with us part time and they will be provided with incentives but it is still in the pipeline and yet to be implemented.”
Harsha said the initiative is meant to bring postal services closer to students, researchers and the campus community. Similar Gen Z post offices are also planned at GITAM University and the National Law School of India University.
According to the report, they can also use the services to communicate with students across the campuses also. Unlike other post offices, it is a blend of physical and digital world giving students WIFI services, air-conditioned rooms and even coffee vending machines which Gen Z prefer to use.
Harsha said student representatives who will be in-charge of the campus work at post offices within the campus are yet to be decided.
“A roster will be prepared and different students will be given tasks to serve at various service counters. A senior post master will be in charge of Gen Z post offices and he will guide the students,” TNIE quoted Harsha as saying.
India Post officials allegedly said similar Gen Z post offices will soon be launched in Bengaluru North, South and East divisions as part of a broader effort to connect with younger generations.
