Chandigarh/Jalandhar, July 14
The Punjab police on Thursday arrested 13 more associates, including nine sharpshooters of the inter-state gangs backed by gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Harwinder Rinda, said Inspector-General of Police Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill.
The Jalandhar rural police chased down the accused after a two-week-long operation led by special teams.
Those arrested have been identified as Avtar alias Mangal, Jobanpreet, Akashdeep, Harpreet alias Kaka, Arashdeep, Lovjit and Resham alias Bao, all residents of Tarn Taran; Gurpreet alias Ghumma Shooter, Bobby alias Baba and Sonu alias Pula of Ferozepur; Gurpreet alias Gopi and Harman Kalsi of Jalandhar; and Balwinder alias Billa of Kapurthala.
The police have also seized 13 weapons along with 18 cartridges.
The IGP said after the arrest of 11 members of the gang on June 29, 2022, the Jalandhar rural police have been working on leads to arrest the remaining associates of the gang.
He said the group was active in most districts of Punjab for the last four years and the arrested men had been involved in crimes including murders, armed dacoity, organised extortion and highway robbery.
“After busting this gang, the Punjab police have averted at least five murders and seven armed dacoities and robberies,” said the IGP.
Jalandhar SSP (Rural) Swapan Sharma said the gang was being operated by Ghumma and Gopi, associated with Markas alias Massa, who has been taking directions from Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Lawrence Bishnoai.
The SSP said Gurpreet Gopi and Jobanpreet were planning to eliminate three members of the Bambiha-Pinda gang. A recce to this effect was executed and weapons were procured from an arms supplier from Madhya Pradesh, he added.
He said that Resham alias Bao and Gurpreet alias Ghumma Shooter were planning to terminate two people from their arch-rival Bambiha-Gounder gang.
Meanwhile, the police are working to nab those who had provided harbours and financial and logistic support to the accused besides arresting the arms supplier from Madhya Pradesh.
Punjab Police arrest 13 more operatives of Lawrence Bishnoi-Harwinder Rinda gang
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