— ARRESTED ACCUSED ARE KEY ASSOCIATES OF FUGITIVE GANGSTER LUCKY PATIAL OF BAMBIHA GANG: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ACCUSED OPENED FIRE AT POLICE TEAMS, SUSTAINED INJURIES IN RETALIATORY FIRE: ADGP AGTF PROMOD BAN
CHANDIGARH, March 19:
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, Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a joint operation with Special Task Force, Haryana (Karnal Unit) on Thursday arrested two shooters involved in Chandigarh Sector 9 murder case after a brief exchange of firing in Kaithal and recovered three sophisticated weapons from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Piyush Pehalwan, a resident of Ferozepur and Pritam Shah, a resident of Nawashahr. The recovered weapons include .30 bore PX-5 pistol, .30 caliber Chinese pistol and .32 caliber pistol along with ammunition.
As per the information, victim Charanpreet Singh alias Chinni was shot dead by two unidentified assailants at Sector 9, Chandigarh on Wednesday.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused are the key associates of Fugitive Gangster Lucky Patial of the Bambiha gang. Preliminary investigation has also revealed that Rajan alias Piyush Pehalwan was also wanted in the high-profile murder of Yadwinder Singh, driver of Jiwanjot Singh alias Jugnu, he said.
The DGP said that AGTF Punjab has unmasked the entire module and arrested the accused in less than 30 hours. Further investigations are ongoing, he added.
Sharing operational details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) AGTF Promod Ban said that following the incident, AGTF promptly launched a special operation “OPs Silent Trigger” under the supervision of DIG AGTF Gurmit Singh Chauhan to unmask and arrest the accused persons involved in this case.
He said that during the operation, the accused opened fire on police teams led by SP AGTF Bikramjit Singh Brar. In the retaliatory exchange, both accused sustained injuries and were immediately shifted to the hospital for treatment, he said.
The ADGP said that initial interrogation has also revealed that accused Piyush came from Malaysia via Nepal to execute the killing on the directions of his foreign-based handler.
