2 gangsters held after encounter at Banur in Rajpura

Patiala, July 14

The Patiala Police arrested two gangsters, Deepak and Ramandeep Singh, after a brief encounter at Banur in Rajpura, thereby cracking two cases of shooting within 12 hours.

A communique issued by the office of DGP Gaurav Yadav states that the gangsters were involved in two late-night firing incidents on Saturday, one at the Rajpura-Patiala toll plaza and the other at a liquor vend in Rajpura. The police intercepted the duo while they were headed towards Banur from Mohali. In an attempt to evade arrest, they opened fire on the police party. The police retaliated in self-defence, resulting in injuries to one of the gangsters. DGP Gaurav Yadav posted on X: “Punjab Police arrests Deepak & Ramandeep Singh after a brief encounter and solved two incidents within 12 hours.”

“The accused have criminal history,” he added. The police said at the toll plaza on the Rajpura-Patiala road, the accused entered into a fight with employees and later fled after opening fire. After an hour, another firing incident was reported at a liquor vend at Rajpura, the police said. A liquor vend employee was injured in that incident.

After the two back-to-back incidents late last night, the police constituted teams under the Rajpura DSP to nab them. The police said Deepak was identified after examining the CCTV footage obtained from the places of crimes. After receiving inputs about their movement near Banur, the police intercepted them and later arrested them.

Deepak hails from Jalandhar, while Ramandeep is from Bathinda.One .22 calibre revolver and one .32 calibre pistol and 13 live cartridges were seized from their possession. The car used by them was also impounded.

(with PTI inputs)