Canadian officials this week said Bishnoi’s gang was targeting Sikh dissidents at the behest of the Indian government.

Bishnoi is an inmate of the Sabarmati central jail in the western industrial city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state. Media have said he has been moved around different prisons out of concern for his safety - and his ability to break jail rules.

LAWRENCE Bishnoi may be incarcerated, but that hasn’t stemmed the reach of his influence or criminal empire. Here’s everything we know about the gangster from India. Who is Lawrence