— FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO TRACE COMPLETE FORWARD AND BACKWARD LINKAGES: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— ARRESTED ACCUSED SANJAY KUMAR WAS FURTHER ASSIGNED TO TARGET POLICE ESTABLISHMENTS BY HIS HANDLER: CP ASR HARMANBIR GILL
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, November 14:
In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted two illegal arms and narcotics supply networks with the arrest of nine individuals, including two juveniles, and also solved a sensational attempt to murder and snatching case, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Police teams have recovered five illegal pistols—comprising two .32 bore pistols, one 9MM pistol, one .30 bore pistol, and one Glock 9MM pistol—along with nine live cartridges and 4 kg of heroin. Apart from this police teams have also impounded their Honda Activa scooter.
Those arrested have been identified as Harpreet Singh (34) of village Bhakna Kalan in Amritsar; Malkiat Singh alias Meeta (27) of village Chawinda Kalan in Amritsar; Sukhdev Singh alias Sukh (24) of village Naushehra Dhalla in Tarn Taran; Karandeep Singh alias Kalu (24) of village Rajatal in Amritsar; Rohit alias Chohi (21) and Kavijit Singh (21), both residents of Khandwala in Amritsar; Sanjay Kumar alias Motta (24) of Bhalla Colony in Amritsar; and two juveniles. Several of the arrested accused have prior criminal records with cases pertaining to robbery, snatching, under NDPS Act and Arms Act have been registered against them.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that further investigation is underway to identify other associates, trace the complete backward and forward linkages, and dismantle the wider criminal networks involved in illegal arms trafficking and drug smuggling
Sharing operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Harmanbir Singh Gill said that in the first operation, police teams from Police Station Cantonment acted on specific inputs and arrested five accused—Malkiat Singh alias Meeta, Sukhdev Singh alias Sukh, Karandeep Singh alias Kalu, and two juveniles—recovering two pistols along with four live cartridges, and 4 kg heroin from their possession.
In a similar operation, he said that police teams arrested Harpreet Singh and recovered two .32 bore pistols along with two live cartridges from his possession.
In the third operation, the CP said that police teams cracked the attempt to murder and snatching case with the arrest of three individuals— Rohit alias Chohi, Kavijit Singh, and Sanjay alias Motta, and recovered one Glock 9mm pistol along with three live cartridges. As per the information, three unidentified assailants had opened fire at complainant Inderpreet Singh, injuring him in the leg, and snatched ₹3,000, an artificial kada, and a ring before fleeing. The case was registered at Police Station A-Division in this regard.
The CP said that interrogation has revealed that accused Sanjay Kumar had allegedly been assigned a task by foreign-based handlers to target police establishments.
In this regard, three— separate cases— FIR No. 211 dated 12.11.2026 under sections 25(6,7,8) of the Arms Act, sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act, and section 78 of the Juvenile Justice Act registered and FIR No. 212 dated 12.11.2026 under sections 25 of the Arms Act both cases registered at Police Station Cantonment; and FIR No. 163 dated 04.11.2026 under sections 109, 125-B, 304(2), 126(2), 3(5), and 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station A-Division— have been registered.
