Three more arrested in Sundar Nagar firing case
The police have arrested three more persons in connection with the firing outside a Sada manufacturer in Sundar Nagar locality recently.
With this the police have arrested a total of five persons in the case. Those arrested were identified as Gagndeep Singh alias Gagan and Lovepreet Singh alias Love, both residents of Vairowal in Tarn Taran and Rajanpreet Singh alias Rajan of Chogawan in Amritsar. They already had several criminal cases including of robbery and arms act against them, said Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar.
Earlier, the police had nabbed two persons following an encounter near Diamond Avenue in Sultanwind area five days ago. They were Resham Singh alias Bau of Jhabal and Gurwinder Singh alias Guri of Bugga village in Tarn Taran.
Jasdeep Singh, alias Sajan, a resident of Sundar Nagar area, told the police that some armed persons had fired several gunshots at the gate of his house on October 20.
Preliminary investigations revealed that four persons were involved in the incident, which was captured on CCTV cameras. They were later identified and a hunt was launched to nab them.
The police got a tip-off about their movements in the area to exchange weapons with members of their gang in Sultanwind area. The police teams raided the spot and launched a search operation.
On seeing the police teams arriving at the scene, they fired at them in their attempt to flee from the spot. The police teams retaliated the firing in which Gurwinder Guri was injured. Both the accused were arrested.
