In a significant breakthrough, the Punjab Anti-Gangster Activity Drive (AGTF), in a joint operation with the native police, arrested two operatives of the Davinder Bambiha gang in Mohali and recovered two .32-calibre pistols together with seven cartridges from their possession.
Punjab Director Normal of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav stated these arrested have been recognized as Harinder Singh, a resident of village Mehmadpur in Mohali, and Gurjinder Singh.
DGP Yadav stated the accused had been dealt with by USA-based Kulveer Singh alias Lala Benipal, an aide of absconding gangster Fortunate Patial who is predicated overseas. Benipal had earlier orchestrated two separate assaults in Mohali, one on a financier in September 2023 and the opposite on a rival gang member the next December.
The DGP stated preliminary investigations have revealed that they had been tasked with finishing up a collection of crimes within the Chandigarh Tricity area. Additional probe is on set up ahead and backward linkages on this case, he added.
Sharing particulars of the operation, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Deepak Pareek stated police groups had obtained dependable inputs that Lala Benipal had directed his gang members to hold out felony actions within the Tricity space. Performing swiftly on the knowledge, joint groups of the AGTF and SAS Nagar police traced the accused and efficiently arrested them close to Focal Level, c, he stated.
The SSP stated the accused Harinder has a felony background with instances pertaining to try to homicide and the Arms Act registered towards him. Additional investigations are on to determine and arrest their different associates, he added.
