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The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested Manoj alias Chakki Salvi of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang on the basis of specific information. The accused Manoj Salvi alias Chakki Bishnoi works as a ganger in the gang.
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested Manoj alias Chakki Salvi of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang on the basis of specific information. The accused Manoj Salvi alias Chakki Bishnoi is involved in the gang of weapons as a gunner. According to the information available, Gujarat ATS registered a weapon -related crime against the accused Manoj in 2022, which he was later absconding and agencies including Gujarat ATS Crime Branch were searching for him. Which is now caught.
In 2022, Gujarat ATS speeded up a man named Rupalal in the Ellisbridge area of Ahmedabad. During the interrogation, Rupalal said that he was provided by the weapon Manoj alias Chakki Salvi. After this the ATS started searching for Manoj, but he was absconding for three years. However, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has now arrested him from Udaipur on the basis of specific information.
Manoj Salvi Lawrence is an active member of the Bishnoi gang and has been affiliated with the gang from the age of 17, and has also been imprisoned in a weapon -related case. Police investigations revealed that Manoj was fond of becoming a gangster since his childhood. He contacted members of the Lawrence gang through social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. He also shared the reels with himself and other gangsters on Instagram, with his criminal activities appearing.
The arrested accused Manoj, especially the notorious members of the Lawrence gang, were in constant contact with Prince Rana, Rohit Godara and Anmol Bishnoi. He worked as a weapons trafficking for the gang. He used to message them through social media and smuggled weapons himself and sent his biodata twice. So that Lawrence’s cousins involved the weapon manipulation in the gang.

According to police, members of the gang talked with him through social media and signal app. They started communicating with messages like Ram-Ram, providing location through video calls and arranging weapons delivery. To reach the location given to Manoj, he was asked to send photos of selfies and clothes, after which he was given a parcel of rupees and weapons. This parcel was delivering it to the specified place.
Manoj Salvi, who is currently arrested, has also been involved in the murder of Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, President of Shri National Rajput Karani Sena. He was arrested earlier in the case and suffered a year and a half. According to police information, before the assassination of Gogamedi, the main accused, Rohit Rathore, met Manoj Salvi in Udaipur and stayed there. Where Manoj provided weapons for the murder. But Udaipur police arrested the accused with weapons and the plan for the murder failed. However, after being released on bail, Manoj has been found dead with gang cigarettes.
Crimes including Arms Act have been registered in states including Rajasthan, Delhi and Gujarat against accused Manoj Salvi. He was also arrested by the NIA for the murder of Sukhdev Gogamedi, along with the Bishnoi gang members. In the crime, Manoj Salvi was released on bail for two and a half years and later lived in Udaipur. At present, the crime branch has arrested accused Manoj Salvi and has launched a further investigation.
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
June 18, 2025 8:15 PM IST