Police recover one glock pistol among five weapons along with ammunition & two SUV from arrested persons
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Jalandhar, August 16-
Jalandhar Rural Police arrested four members of the notorious Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang on the Jalandhar-Batala Highway, and recovered significant cache of arms and vehicles, exposing an international network supplying illegal weapons to Punjab, said DGP Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
Those arrested have been identified as Asrat Kanth alias Sabi, Kamalpreet Singh alias Komal Bajwa, Pardeep Kumar alias Gora, and Gurmeet Raj alias Juneja. Police teams have recovered four weapons including one China-made 7.65 mm Glock, two .30 bore pistols and one revolver along with four live cartridges and three magazines, besides impounding, two vehicles— Mahindra XUV (PB-09-3039) and Brezza (PB-09-EP-7100) used in commission of crime.
DGP said that during questioning that the gang leader, Asrat Kanth alias Sabi, confessed that the seized weapons were supplied by Aman alias Anda, a key figure in the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang currently based in Germany. The arms were funnelled through Sanju alias Sahil Kumar, a Batala resident who is currently incarcerated, he added.