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Chandigarh, Jan 7 (Reporter) Punjab Police have solved at least two firing incidents in the district of Tarn Taran with the arrest of two associates of foreign-based gangster Prabhdeep Singh, alias Prabh Dasuwal, after a brief encounter took place at Valtoha in Tarn Taran, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Karanpreet Singh, alias Karan, of village Toot in Tarn Taran.
and Gurlaljit Singh, alias Laali, of Village Bhangala in Tarn Taran. Police teams have also recovered
one .32 bore pistol along with live cartridges and empty bullet shells from their possession, besides impounding their Honda Activa scooter, which they were riding.
As per the information, both the accused persons were running an extortion racket on the directions
of their handler, Prabh Dasuwal, who is associated with the Ghanshyampuria gang and was involved in
two firing incidents. The recent firing incident took place at a medical store in the village of Gharyala on January 1 this year, and another firing incident took place at Valtoha wherein they targeted Arhtiya.
to demand extortion of Rs 20 lakh on December 2, 2024.
SSP Tarn Taran Abhimanyu Rana said that accused Karanpreet and Gurlaljit sustained bullet injuries.
in retaliatory fire. Both accused Karan and Gurlaljit have been arrested and have been admitted to
the hospital for medical treatment, he added.
He said that the accused Karanpreet has a criminal history and was wanted by the Punjab Police in different criminal cases.
The SSP said that further investigations are on, and raids are being conducted to nab absconding accused persons in both cases.
A case has been registered at Police Station Valtoha...////...