Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on Saturday arrested wanted gangster Ankit Rana, who was running an extortion racket in the area of Zirakpur and Panchkula, from Barwala in Haryana.
AGTF has arrested a main shooter of Bhupi Rana gang from Barwala, said the state Director-General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, adding that the arrested accused has been identified as Ankit Rana. The police have also recovered one .32 bore pistol, along with five live cartridges, from him.
The development came a day after the arrest of a member of Lawrance Bishnoi Gang, identified as Bunty, from Dhakoli.
DGP Yadav said that the AGTF, in a joint operation with SAS Nagar (Mohali) District Police, have succeeded in arresting gangster Ankit Rana with a .32 bore pistol along with five cartridges.
“Ankit had been wanted in Baltana encounter case that took place in July 2022. Notably, in Baltana operation, three gangsters of Bhupi Rana gang were arrested, while, one of the gangsters got injured in retaliation fire and two Punjab police officials had also sustained injuries in this police action,” he said.
He was arrested in case, dated July 17, 2022, registered under sections 353, 186, 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station, Zirakpur.
DGP Yadav said that Ankit Rana was also wanted in many criminal cases pertaining to attempt to murder, arms act, and extortion etc, registered in the states of Haryana and Punjab. He was involved in extorting money from 15 hotels in Zirkapur and 10 hotels in Panchkula, besides, other renowned businessmen of this area, he added.
Meanwhile, further investigations are on to dig deeper in his involvement in criminal activities.