Sandeep Singh alias Crab is an Indian criminal. In 2022, he was accused of Sidhu Moosewala murder case. On June 1, 2022, Kekra was arrested and presented in the Mansa district court, from where Sandeep was sent to police remand till June 11, 2022.
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Wiki/Biography and Career
Sandeep Singh is a resident of Kalanwali village in Sirsa district of Haryana. His father had gone to the village a few years before his birth. According to his neighbours, Sandeep’s family did not interact much with the villagers. In his teenage years, Sandeep was very active in sports and played Kabaddi. He had won many medals and trophies in sports. Initially he used to work as a laborer with his father.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Sandeep Singh is from a financially weak family.
parents and siblings
Sandeep’s father Baldev Singh is a daily wage labourer. His mother has passed away. He has a younger brother and two sisters. One of his sisters is married and lives in Ram Dittawala village of Mansa district of Punjab. Reportedly his brother is also facing a criminal case.
Sandeep Singh Crab’s father
Sandeep Singh Crab’s father and brother
Wife
Sandeep is unmarried.
drug addiction
Sandeep Singh is a drug addict and has been involved in drug trafficking for some years (according to his family members and villagers). While talking to the media, Sandeep’s father Baldev told that after taking drugs, Sandeep often used to beat his father. He further told that once he had even thrown his father out of the house. His father said that he convinced him to give up drug addiction. However, Sandeep was not perturbed and continued his activities. His neighbor Gurpreet Singh, while talking to the media, revealed that Sandeep used to consume ‘Chitta’ (drugs like heroin and cocaine).
Involvement in Moosewala murder case
Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead by some unknown assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district on 29 May 2022. After his murder, some Indian gangsters like Goldie Brar, Sachin Bishnoi and Lawrence Bishnoi took responsibility for his murder by announcing it through their respective Facebook accounts.
An excerpt from Goldie Brar’s Facebook post
Later, during the investigation, the Mansa police found a CCTV footage in which Sidhu Moosewala was seen taking a selfie with a group of people, minutes before his murder. After further investigation, the police found out that it was Crab who, disguised as a fan, took some selfies with Moosewala and then informed the shooters about Sidhu’s whereabouts.
Moosewala murder case: Selfie with Moosewala in CCTV, investigation started#siddhmoosewala #siddhumuswaladeath #punjab news #cctvfootage pic.twitter.com/6lIyK8lZcK
– TBN (@TBNCanada) 6 June 2022
The police caught the crab from Sirsa in June 2022 and produced it in the Mansa district court. It is being told that the court has sent him on police remand for 11 days. During interrogation, Sandeep revealed that he along with his friend Nikku had gone to her house in Moosewala along with nearby village Takhatmal, where they took selfies with her. He stayed there for about 40 minutes. After this, they went ahead on the motorcycle and after covering some distance, his friend sat in a car, while Crab went on the motorcycle. Soon, he passed the information on to the shooters. He informed them about Sidhu’s activities and the absence of his security guards. He further told the police that on the orders of the shooters, he had been doing recce of Moosewala for a long time.
Sandeep Singh Crab in police custody
After interrogation, a police officer while talking to a media person said,
On the evening of 29th May, Kekra along with some of his friends went to Moosewala’s house. He waited outside his house for about an hour and when Moosewala came out of his house, he took a selfie with him. He was also seen roaming around the Thar (Moosewala’s vehicle), possibly to see who was accompanying the singer. And when Moosewala left, Crab is said to have informed the shooters minutes before his murder that he was driving the car and had no security guard accompanying him.
Later, while talking to the media, Sandeep’s father told that Sandeep’s aunt lives in Musa village of Mansa and Crab often used to come to their house. Baldev further said that Sandeep was away from his home most of the time and had last left the house about two weeks ago.
Sandeep Singh Kekra’s house in Kalanwali village of Sirsa
According to the police, the miscreants had deliberately chosen Crab for this work because he was well aware of the surrounding environment and also had a safe place to live. Speaking to the media, ADGP Pramod Ban, head of the Anti-Gangster Task Force in Punjab, said,
On the instructions of Goldie Brar and Sachin Thapan, Crab, posing as his fan, kept an eye on the singer’s activities. When the singer was leaving his house minutes before his murder, Crab also took a selfie with him.
He added,
Crab has shared all the inputs such as whether the singer was not accompanied by his security personnel, the number of people on board, details of the vehicle and whether he is traveling in a non-bullet-proof vehicle, including the shooter and handler operating from abroad. .
Facts/General Knowledge
- After the arrest of Sandeep Singh alias Crab, his father in an interview had expressed concern about his younger daughter’s marriage after getting so much notoriety for Crab’s activities.
- Reportedly, he had no previous criminal record. However, due to drug addiction, he remained associated with the youth of crime world for a long time.
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn