In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police arrested four shooters of Davinder Bambiha gang, including two assailants of Uttarakhand Mining Trader, from Chhat village in SAS Nagar district. A 70-year-old mining trader Mehal Singh was shot dead outside his house at Kundeshwari village in Kashipur on October 13.
Sharing details, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Friday said that the operation was jointly carried out by Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), Counter Intelligence (CI) Punjab, District Police Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand, Special Cell Delhi, and District Police SAS Nagar.
The DGP said that the arrested persons were identified as Sadhu Singh, Jagdish Singh alias Disha, Manpreet Singh alias Mani alias Chuchi, Jaspreet Singh alias Lock — all resident of Mansa district.
The Police teams have also recovered one .30 caliber pistol along with two magazines and seven live cartridges; one 9 mm pistol along with one magazine; and one Turkey-made 9 mm machine-pistol along with three magazines including one magazine of 31 cartridges capacity and 19 live cartridges and one Apache motorcycle from their possession, said the DGP.
DGP Yadav said that during investigations, it has come to light that accused Sadhu Singh and Manpreet Singh, along with their associates, killed the mining trader Mehal Singh on the directions of gangsters-turned-terrorists Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla and Sukhdool Singh alias Sukha Duneke, while other two arrested persons have provided them weapons, logistics support, and conducted recce of deceased's house.
He said that the arrested persons were further hatching conspiracy to commit heinous crimes in the area of Punjab and neighbouring states. Investigations are on, he said.
Meanwhile, a case FIR, dated October 28, 2022, has been registered under sections 392, 384, 473, 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 25(7) and (8) of the Arms Act, PS Zirakpur Distt SAS Nagar has been registered against them.