Bathinda Counter Intelligence (CI), in joint operation with Bathinda Police have  arrested three shooters associated with gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar.

 Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Thursday said that those arrested have been identified as Karandeep Singh alias Kannu of Navi Basti in Maur Mandi; Raghuveer Singh and Kulwinder Singh alias Bittu — both residents of Kot Shamir village in Bathinda.

He said that the Police teams have also recovered three pistols — including one 9 mm pistol and two .32 bore pistols — along with six live cartridges and six magazines from their possession, besides impounding their Hyundai Verna car.

DGP Yadav said that acting on intel inputs that associates of Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar are planning to execute target killings in districts of Bathinda, Mohali, and nearby areas, Police teams from CI Bathinda and Bathinda Police launched an operation and laid a joint naka at Maur Chowk to nab the shooters.

“Police teams have arrested the trio accused persons when they were coming towards Bathinda from Maur in their Hyundai Verna car and recovered three pistols along with ammunition from their possession,” he said.

The DGP said that preliminary investigation has revealed that accused Karandeep Kannu was directly in touch with Lawrence Bishnoi and the recovered weapons were meant to be used by them to carry out target killings. Further investigations are on to trace the forward and backward linkages in this case, he said.