Encounter Between Punjab Police And Jaggu Gang In District Ropar
Author(s): City Air News1 Gangster Injured – 3 Arrested Chandigarh, April 30, 2015: Secret information was received by Ropar police that notorious gangster Jagdeep Singh @ Jaggu r/o village Bhagwanpura, PS Kotli Surat Mallhi, police district...
1 Gangster Injured – 3 Arrested
Chandigarh, April 30, 2015: Secret information was received by Ropar police that notorious gangster Jagdeep Singh @ Jaggu r/o village Bhagwanpura, PS Kotli Surat Mallhi, police district Batala alongwith his gang members is coming in Verna Car no. PB-02 BU (T) 1460 from Hoshiarpur side to the area of Anandpur Sahib for committing some heinous offence and all the gang members are armed.
Upon receipt of above secret information, nakabandi was done under the supervision of Sh. Varinderpal Singh, SSP/Ropar on all roads and at around 12.35 am in the intervening night of April 29/30, 2015 at a police naka at Khanpur Khuhi on the Garhshankar- Anandpur Sahib road the Verna car no. PB-02 BU (T) 1460 was signaled to stop. The gang members opened fire on the police and the police party returned the fire. Gangster Manpreet Singh s/o Lakhbir Singh r/o village Dera Pathana, police district Batala was injured and taken into police custody. The others escaped under the cover of darkness.
A cordon was laid and extensive searches were conducted in the area in the morning resulting in the arrest of the following two gangsters:
(i) Joga Singh s/o Paramjit Singh r/o village Kot Maulvi, police district Batala
(ii) Pavitar Singh s/o Sikander Singh r/o village Chaure, police district Batala
A Ropar-based key member of the gang, Malkit Singh @ Mika s/o Nirmal Singh r/o Barapind district Ropar has also been arrested.
Two weapons, including one .32 bore revolver and one pistol have been recovered.
A case FIR No. 50 dated 30-04-2015 u/s 307/353/186/148/149 IPC, 25 Arms Act has been registered in PS Nurpur Bedi.
Further investigations are ongoing.
Date:
Thursday, April 30, 2015