— PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A SAFE AND SECURE STATE
— ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS WERE GETTING CONSIGNMENTS THROUGH THEIR HANDLERS, SAYS DGP GAURAV YADAV
— EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO NAB THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THIS MODULE: AIG CI SUKHMINDER MANN
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Pathankot has busted a gangster module with the arrest of its two members leading to the recovery of two sophisticated 9MM Glock pistols along with four magazines and 14 cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Sunil Kumar alias Ashu, a resident of Rauwal in Batala and Dilpreet Singh alias Dil, a resident of Raimal in Batala. Accused Sunil alias Ashu has a criminal history with case under NDPS act registered against him. He was released on bail from Gurdaspur Jail on February 27, 2024.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that accused persons had received the consignment of weapons from Ajnala area of Amritsar following directions of their handlers and were instructed to deliver it further to an unknown party. Further investigations are underway to uncover the source of the weapons and identification of more suspects involved in the network, he added.
Sharing operation details, AIG CI Pathankot Sukhminder Singh Mann said that a secret information was received that accused Sunil Kumar and Dilpreet Singh are in touch with some unknown gangsters and recently they have received a consignment of arms and ammunition from them. Following the input, the teams of CI Pathankot laid a trap and arrested both the accused persons after recovering arms and ammunition from their possession, he said.
The AIG said that efforts are being made to track the previous consignments retrieved and delivered by the accused persons.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 71 dated 21.12.2024 has been registered under section 25 of the Arms Act and section 61 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) Amritsar. The arrested accused will be produced in the court in due course to obtain police remand.
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