Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a joint operation with Bathinda Police, arrested two close associates of Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar and Anmol Bishnoi when they were attempting to escape to Haryana via Pathrala village in Bathinda.
Those arrested have been identified as Malkit Singh alias Kitta of Bhaini village in Bathinda, and Hardeep Singh alias Mamma of Aaklia Jalal village in Bathinda. Both the accused persons are history-sheeters and wanted by Punjab Police in several cases of heinous crimes.
Sharing details, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday said that this was another addition in the list of achievements in the ongoing war against gangsters waged by Punjab Police on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
DGP Yadav said that the Police have also recovered seven pistols — six .32 bores and one .30 bore — along with ammunition and a police uniform of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) – rank from their possession besides impounding their motorcycle using which they were trying to escape.
The development came just a few days after the AGTF had neutralized two killers of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala during an encounter in Bhakna village of Amritsar. Pertinently, Goldy Brar, currently residing in Canada, is a mastermind in Sidhu Moosewala murder case.
Divulging details, DGP Yadav said that following a reliable input about two associates of Goldy Brar carrying a large number of weapons trying to escape the state on a motorcycle, the AGTF along with Bathinda Police laid a naka at link road of village Pathrala and nabbed both of them.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested accused persons, on directions of Goldy Brar, had unsuccessfully attempted to murder a Rajasthan-based gangster Kailash Manju at Jaisalmer when he was out on bail, he said.
Apart from this, the DGP said that arrested persons had also unsuccessfully tried to kill three associates — Dagar, Fateh Nagar, and Kaunsal Chaudhary, of gangster Sukha Duneke when Nakodar Police had brought them on production warrant in connection with Kabbadi player Sandeep Nangal Ambia murder case.
Not ruling out the connection of these two arrested persons in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, the DGP said that the police are investigating from that angle also.
Meanwhile, an FIR, dated July 25, 2022, has been registered under sections 25 (1)A/54/59 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sangat in Bathinda, and section 171 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was enhanced in the FIR.
