Mohali CIA nabs gangster Dilpreet’s aide

Mohali, May 6

A close aide of gangster Dilpreet Singh Dahan, alias Baba, has been arrested by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Mohali in a case of extortion.

The suspect has been identified as Makhan Singh, a resident of Samlah village in Anandpur Sahib. A .32 bore pistol and four live cartridges have also been recovered from him. Makhan was produced in a court today, which remanded him in three-day police custody.

SSP Satinder Singh said a CIA team received information about Makhan following which he was arrested at the Khanpur T-point in Kharar.

During a preliminary interrogation, the suspect revealed that he had extorted Rs12.50 lakh from Sarwan Singh, sarpanch of Maur village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil. A case was registered at the Kiratpur Sahib police station.

The SSP said Jatinder Singh, a resident of Puranpur in Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh (UP), who owned a private school, Millennium World School, in his complaint to the police had alleged that the suspect had also demanded an extortion of Rs1 crore from him. A case was registered at the Puranpur police station on April 28 this year.

The SSP said a case under Section 384 of the IPC and Sections 25-54-59 of the Arms Act had been registered against Makhan Singh at the Kharar (City) police station. — TNS