An encounter between Punjab Police and associates of designated terrorist Lakhbir Singh, alias Landa Harike, befell in Tarn Taran on Tuesday evening, ensuing within the arrest of two gang members who have been injured within the change of fireside.
The police have been shocked to find that the weapon utilized by Landa’s associates to fireside on the police belonged to a serving Punjab Police officer.
A .32-bore pistol and dwell cartridges have been recovered from the arrested suspects, Yadwinder Singh and Kuldeep Singh, alias Laddoo, residents of Ruriwala village in Tarn Taran. Upon interrogation, the suspects disclosed the involvement of a Punjab Police ASI..
Police investigations revealed that the ASI, who’s allegedly hooked on medicine, had mortgaged his service pistol to the criminals in change for medicine.
Based on police, the weapon was utilized by the criminals on the orders of Lakhbir Singh and Yadwinder Singh to fireside on the gate of a businessman’s home in Tarn Taran. The criminals had demanded ₹50 lakh in extortion.
DSP Atul Soni said that the pistol was handed over to the criminals by ASI Pawandeep Singh, who had private connections with them. “Pawandeep Singh is a drug addict and has been beneath departmental scrutiny for years. He has been transferred a number of occasions however was by no means suspended. He beforehand labored as a reader to an SP-ranked officer, then as a Munshi, and was not too long ago serving as an ASI,” mentioned DSP Soni.
Late Tuesday evening, the police acquired a tip-off in regards to the suspects’ location. In the course of the subsequent raid close to Tarn Taran, the criminals opened hearth on the police, although no officers have been injured. In retaliatory hearth, each Yadwinder and Kuldeep Singh sustained leg accidents and have been arrested.
A case has been registered towards ASI Pawandeep Singh, who has been suspended in reference to the incident.
“This was not his service weapon; it was his private firearm. We’re investigating whether or not the weapon is authorized or unlawful,” mentioned DSP Soni.
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