Mumbai , Oct. 19 -- : Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Monday urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to demand the withdrawal of the legal protection allegedly granted to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, questioning the state government's ability to tackle organised crime following the reported plot to murder actor Tiger Shroff.
Addressing a press conference, Sapkal claimed that an order issued by union Home Minister Amit Shah in August 2023 under Section 268 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prevented police personnel from other states from taking Bishnoi out of Gujarat for questioning.
He said the order was renewed annually for one year and alleged that the arrangement allowed Bishnoi to orchestrate killings while ...