According to the police, Shubham Lonkar was sent to Nepal and Azerbaijan, where he received arms training. (Express/Special Arrangement) Shubham Lonkar, whose name figured in the Maharashtra Assembly Thursday after Congress MLA Sajid Pathan alleged fresh threats from him, is an absconding accused who the police say is linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and has emerged as a key figure in several high-profile threat and firing cases in Maharashtra.