— ACCUSED WERE PROCURING ILLEGAL WEAPONS FROM MADHYA PRADESH; WERE ALSO IN CONTACT WITH PAK-BASED SMUGGLER: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ACCUSED PROCURED THESE ILLEGAL WEAPONS TO EXECUTE A MAJOR CRIMINAL ACT: CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, April 20:
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, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a cross-border and MP-based illegal arms supply module with the arrest of three accused persons and recovered six pistols from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
Those arrested have been identified as Deepak Singh alias Deepu (22), a resident of Kashmir Avenue in Amritsar; Arun Kumar alias Sabu (26), a resident of Narayangarh in Amritsar; and Sukhjinder Singh alias Sukha (29), a resident of Rehana Jattan in Kapurthala. Recovered pistols include one .30 bore PX5, three .32 bore and two .30 bore pistols along with seven live cartridges.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were procuring illegal weapons from Madhya Pradesh. Accused were also in contact with Pak-based smuggler through social media platforms, who were facilitating supply of illegal weapon through drones and coordinating distribution through local handlers, he said, while adding that the network was actively operating in the Majha and Doaba regions.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to establish forward and backward linkages in this case to dismantle the entire network.
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that in a targeted operation based on secret information, police teams initially arrested Deepak alias Deepu and recovered one pistol from his possession, while another two pistols were recovered from a location pinpointed by him. On his disclosure, his two accomplices identified as Arun alias Sabu and Sukhjinder alias Sukha were also arrested and three pistols were recovered from their possession, he said.
The CP said that preliminary investigation has also revealed that the accused had procured these illegal weapons to execute a major criminal act, which has been successfully averted due to timely police action. Accused Deepak alias Deepu and Arun alias Sabu have a previous criminal involvement in cases pertaining to attempt to murder, theft and other serious offences, he added.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 61 dated 04-04-2026 under section 25 of the Arms Act has been registered at Police Station Civil Lines in Amritsar.
