Shiv Sena leader Kashmir Giri faked attack to get gunmen nabbed

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 2

Almost a year after the leader of Shiv Sena in Punjab, Kashmir Giri, who alleged murderous attack on him by two bike-borne armed persons outside his house in Khanna, the police today solved the case with his arrest.

The police also arrested two assailants, who had fired gunshots at Giri.

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While addressing a press conference the Khanna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gursharandeep Singh Grewal, said this case was solved when Giri was arrested in an attempt to murder case and during questioning he confessed to having plotted firing at himself to get security.

On March 28, Anil Kumar of Jagat Colony got an attempt to murder case registered against Rajan Giri, son of Kashmir Giri, the SSP added.

During investigation, on the basis of recovered weapons and the CCTV footage Kashmir Giri, his disciple Bant Giri and Manoj, alias Laja, were also nominated and accused Kashmir arrested in the case, the SSP said.

“During investigation, Shiv Sena leader confessed that on March 9 he had got a case registered against two unknown bike-borne persons, who fired at him. That was not a genuine attack rather planned by him and his son Rajan Giri to get more security. Attack was executed through Jaswinder Singh, alias Jassi, of Banga, SBS Nagar, and Gurinder Singh, alias Gindi, also of SBS Nagar,” the SSP added.

Kashmir also confessed that he had provided pistol to Jaswinder and Gurinder in Chandigarh and thereafter, also trained the duo for using the weapon, the SSP said.

Kashmir, who was complainant in the case earlier, was made the main accused for plotting the attack on himself, the SSP added.

It was being checked if the two assailants were also paid by Kashmir, the SSP said. Raids were being conducted to nab Rajan Giri, the SSP added.