BATHINDA, Aug. 15 -- The state of Punjab on Friday again failed to file its reply on a petition filed by the counsel for gangster Anmol Bishnoi before the Mansa district court in February, seeking to expedite the trial in the murder case of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala.

Anmol, the younger brother of jailed gangster and designated terrorist Lawrence Bishnoi, was deported from the United States in November last year and arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Investigators said that Anmol fled India in April 2022 using a fake passport, days before Moose Wala's murder, allegedly to mislead investigating agencies about his involvement in the sensational assassination.

Anmol is curre...