— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE PLANNING TO TARGET A RIVAL CRIMINAL LINKED TO GOLDY DHILLON: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— BIHAR-BASED SAURABH KUMAR WAS ARRANGING WEAPONS FROM ILLEGALLY SET UP ARMS MANUFACTURING UNITS SITUATED AT MUZAFFARPUR: SSP PATIALA VARUN SHARMA
CHANDIGARH/PATIALA, April 2:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Patiala Police has busted an inter-state illegal arms supply module with the arrest of four accused persons and recovered 10 sophisticated self-loading firearms from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Saurabh Kumar, a resident of village Jarang Deeh in Muzaffarpur, Bihar; Sajan, a resident of Sohana in SAS Nagar; Abhishek alias Kaka, a resident of Gurdeep Colony Ablowal in Patiala; and Inderjit Singh alias Rohit, a resident of Old Bishan Nagar in Patiala.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were sourcing country-made weapons from Bihar, and supplying them in the state for criminal activities. Further probe has also indicated gang rivalry, with plans to target a rival criminal linked to the Goldy Dhillon network to establish dominance in the area, he said.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to establish backward and forward linkages in this case to dismantle the entire network.
Sharing operational details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patiala Varun Sharma said that Police teams had received human input that Bihar-resident Saurabh Kumar is supplying country made self-loading pistols to notorious criminals on the directions of their Foreign-based handlers in order to commit target killings and other heinous crimes in the state. Under the supervision of SP Investigation Patiala Gurbans Singh Bains and DSP Harman Cheema, the CIA Patiala Unit and SHO Shambu laid the trap and arrested four accused persons involved in the smuggling of firearm weapons, he said.
The SSP further said that the arrested accused Saurabh Kumar was arranging weapons from illegally set up arms manufacturing units situated at Muzaffarpur in Bihar to supply them in Punjab using various modes of transportation. During initial interrogation, it was also found that the arrested accused Abhishek was in contact with notorious Gangster Goldy Dhillon via social media platforms and was actively involved in the gangwar, he said.
In this regard, a case FIR no 50 dated 1-4-2026 has been registered under section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Shambu in Patiala.
