1. What is Lawrence Bishnoi’s Murabba controversy involving Punjab Police?A dismissed Punjab Police DSP allegedly sent birthday gifts — a box of murabba and one or two caps — to India’s top gangster Lawrence Bishnoi inside Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad. The gifts were not sent through the post. They were hand-delivered by one of Bishnoi’s own gang members, who flew from Punjab to Gujarat for this purpose. This happened in February 2024, while a court-monitored investigation into Bishnoi’s jail interviews was already under way.2. What is the relevance of the controversy ahead of Moosewala’s fourth death anniversary on May 29?Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead by shooters allegedly sent by Lawrence on May 29, 2022. His fourth death anniversary falls days from now. The original interview scandal of March 2023 was itself timed to the singer’s first death anniversary bhog — a deliberate provocation that devastated the family. Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh  alleged then that the police were protecting the very man accused of killing his son. The SIT proved him right.Now, just days before the fourth anniversary comes fresh evidence that the relationship between Sandhu and Bishnoi did not end with the interviews. It continued into 2024 — long after the dismissal proceedings began, long after the courts stepped in — with a box of murabba being delivered inside a Gujarat jail by the gangster’s own courier, sourced from a Punjab Police officer, while the Moosewala family was still fighting for justice.3. How did this nexus come to light?Through the interrogation of a Bishnoi gang member. Rajvir Singh, alias Ravi Rajgarh, was arrested by Khanna police in July 2025 under the Arms Act. During questioning, he revealed that Bishnoi had called him on February 10, 2024, and asked him to collect some items from DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu. The packets were a birthday gift for Lawrence (Born February 12 while some records say February 11).Rajvir collected the murabba and caps from the DSP, travelled to Ahmedabad by air with another gang member Supinder Singh, and handed them over to Bishnoi inside the jail. The Tribune has recently accessed the interrogation report, which has not been officially made public.4. Who is DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu?He is the Punjab Police officer at the centre of this story. Sandhu was one of the officers suspended and later dismissed from service for his role in facilitating Lawrence Bishnoi’s TV interviews from jail in March 2023. He is not a small or incidental figure. He was a DSP-rank officer — a gazetted officer — who was already under investigation when the murabba episode allegedly took place.5. What were those TV interviews?In March 2023, a private TV channel aired two back-to-back interviews of Lawrence Bishnoi. He was in the custody of Punjab and Rajasthan Police at the time. The interviews were timed to coincide with the first death anniversary bhog of singer Sidhu Moosewala, whose murder Bishnoi is accused of conspiring. Moosewala’s father had immediately alleged that the police were hand in glove with the gangster. A Special Investigation Team, formed on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, later confirmed that one interview was conducted via a video call at CIA, Kharar — validating the father’s charge.6. What action was taken over the interviews?The Punjab Government suspended seven police personnel, including two DSPs — Gursher Singh Sandhu and Sammer Vaneet — along with sub-inspectors and a head constable. Departmental proceedings were initiated. The Punjab and Haryana High Court monitored the case closely. The Supreme Court dismissed Bishnoi’s own petition challenging the FIR and the SIT probe. Sandhu was eventually dismissed from service.7. What is the significance of the murabba?The interview was a public scandal — cameras, a TV channel, a gangster performing from custody. The murabba is the private scandal. If the interviews showed that certain cops were willing to bend rules for Bishnoi, the murabba shows something more troubling — that the relationship was personal, sustained, and comfortable. A police officer, while facing probe on links with a gangster was still running birthday errands for him. It raises questions on what else the public does not know.8. Where does the case stand now?Sandhu has been dismissed. Rajvir Singh is in custody. The interrogation report exists but has not been officially released. The broader question — of how many such relationships exist, and how deep they run — remains unanswered.