Sector 5 firing case: Chandigarh Police recover two pistols, 51 cartridges

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 7

The arrest of three operatives of gangster Goldy Brar, who were involved in a firing incident in the city, has led to the recovery of two countrymade pistols and 51 cartridges.

The police said a car and a motorcycle, which were used in the crime, had also been recovered from the accused.

Accused Amritpal Singh, alias Gujjar of Kaloli, Banur; Kamalpreet Singh of Devinagar Abrawa, Banur; and Prem Singh of Amrala, Dera Bassi, were arrested in Gorakhpur by a joint team of the police of Punjab and Chandigarh.

The police had recovered one pistol, 23 cartridges and two mobile phones from Gujjar, one pistol and 20 cartridges from Kamalpreet, and eight cartridges from Prem Singh.

The case was registered on a complaint filed by Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Sector 5. He had reported that on January 19, he heard shots being fired outside his house around 4.14 am. The bullets also hit an SUV parked at his house. The same day, he received an extortion call from a foreign number. The caller, who claimed to be Goldy Brar, demanded Rs 2 crore from the complainant.

A total of seven accused have been arrested in the case so far.

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