Notorious gangster arrested in Ludhiana, illegal weapons seized

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 22

The Khanna police claimed to have nabbed a notorious gangster and recovered illegal weapons from his possession.

The accused has been identified as Harpreet Singh, alias Happy, of Guru Harsahai, Ferozepur. The police recovered 11 pistols with 25 magazines and three cartridges.

SSP Gursharandeep Singh Grewal while conducting a press conference said the Khanna police started a special campaign against gangsters and drug smugglers.

During the campaign, inspector Vinod Kumar, in-charge, CIA, Khanna along a police party, was present at Samrala Chowk, Khanna, for the checking of suspected persons/vehicles, where a tip-off was received that Aditya Kapoor, alias Makhan, of Amritsar, who is at present in jail, is in contact with Harpreet and used him as a supplier of illegal weapons.

On the directions of Makhan, Happy brought the weapons from other states and was supposed to deliver the same in various parts of the state.

Later, a raid was conducted at the specific spot on GT Road in Khanna, near Ramgarhia Bhawan, and he was arrested with illegal weapons.

The SSP said during initial investigation, it had come to light that Happy was a notorious person in his area and he had links with various gangsters who were lodged in various jails of the state.

“Happy while working as a puppet of Aditya had bought the consignment of arms and ammunition from Madhya Pradesh and was going to supply in Amritsar, “ the SSP said.

The SSP said gangster Makhan was a notorious criminal and now he was lodged at the Kapurthala Jail and over 10 FIRs had already been registered against him.