Anmol Bishnoi, younger brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was arrested a few days ago for entering the US with illegal documents, sources told NDTV. The 26-year-old is wanted in several high-profile cases, including the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022. He is also an accused in the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui last month and the firing incident outside actor Salman Khan’s Mumbai home in June 2024.
Bishnoi is currently lodged in Pottawattamie County Jail in Iowa, popularly known as ‘Squirrel Cage Jail’.
All about squirrel cage prison
The Squirrel Cage Prison, an architectural marvel with a horrifying history, was constructed in 1885 on the grounds of a former church mortuary. One of three remaining revolving prisons in the US, it is famous for its terrifying and unstable design. The prison is unique for its rotating cells that rotate within a circular structure to align with a single door. This peculiar design allowed jailers to rotate the cells to reach the desired prisoner, an architectural feature that continues to intrigue and disturb visitors.
The facility was used as a prison until 1969. In 1971, it was acquired by the Council Bluffs Park Board for preservation and converted into a museum by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County (HSPS). Since its conversion, the prison has attracted considerable attention, particularly for its extraordinary reputation. Reports of strange phenomena, such as unexplained footsteps and whispers, have surfaced for decades, particularly from employees and visitors to the site.
“Many prison staff and volunteers have heard footsteps, voices, whispers and doors moving. An article on the Council Bluffs website quotes museum manager Kat Slaughter as saying, “Some people have also reported seeing dark shadows hovering over the stairs or back doors.”
Hauntings in prison have been linked to a series of tragic incidents over the years. At least four known deaths occurred within the building. One prisoner died of a heart attack, another fell from a great height while attempting to mark his name on the roof, a third died by suicide and a guard was shot during an accident with riot training equipment. Died from.
Paranormal experts have conducted numerous investigations at the site, some of which have captured unexplained phenomena, including electronic voice phenomena (EVP) and visual evidence of shadows. Slaughter notes that investigators have recorded electromagnetic field (EMF) anomalies in areas where there should be none, adding to the mystery of the prison.
According to HSPS, the walls of this prison are marked with scratched signatures and dates of many of its notorious inmates. HSPS states on its website that these marks stand as a testament to the prison’s troubled past, which is unlikely to be repeated in a modern facility.
