— ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE WORKING UNDER DIRECTIONS OF THEIR FOREIGN-BASED HANDLER KESHAV SHIVALA: DIG SANDEEP GOEL
— ONE MORE ACCUSED IDENTIFIED, RAIDS ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO NAB HIM: SSP MANINDER SINGH
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, November 13:
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 Rural Police has arrested two accused involved in the firing incident linked to extortion bid in Jandiala Guru, and recovered one foreign made pistol from their possession.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Border Range Sandeep Goel has identified the arrested accused persons as Ravi, a resident of Pandori Waraich and Ujjwal Hans, a resident of Batala Road in Amritsar.
As per the information, three unidentified bike-borne persons had opened fire at the provisional store at Jandiala Guru on November 6, to intimidate the owner for extortion.
DIG Sandeep Goel said that both the arrested persons are linked to Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang and were working under the directions of their foreign-based handler Keshav Shivala.
The DIG said that during operation one accused opened fire on police but was overpowered by the police teams. One more accused involved in the firing incident has been identified and police teams are on manhunt to nab him, he said.
Sharing more details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amritsar Rural Maninder Singh said that following the incident, police teams led by DSP D Gurinder Nagra and DSP Inderjit Singh has started investigations into this case. Acting swiftly on human and technical inputs, police teams from Police Station Jandiala Guru and Mattewal arrested both the accused persons and recovered one pistol from their possession, he said.
The SSP said that further investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case.
In this regard a fresh case FIR No 60 dated 12/11/2025 has been registered under sections 109, 132 and 221 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Mattewal in Amritsar Rural.
