Amritsar: Two gangsters nabbed after encounter near Sultanwind

Four days after firing at the residence of a Soda manufacturer in Sundar Nagar locality here, the police have cracked the case and arrested two suspects following an encounter near Sultanwind area in the wee hours of Thursday.

The duo had come to the spot to exchange weapons. According to information, they were part of the same gang which had gunned down a commission agent at Sathiala village in Baba Bakala subdivision on Wednesday.

They were identified as Resham Singh, alias Bau, of Jhabal and Gurwinder Singh, alias Guri, of Bugga village, both in Tarn Taran district. The police confiscated a 9mm Glock pistol with four live cartridges and a pistol of .32 bore with four live bullets and empty shells.

While sharing details, Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said 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.

“Last evening, the police got a tip-off about their movements in the area to exchange weapons with members of their gang in Sultanwind area. Police teams under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) City Abhimanyu Rana, DCP (Investigation) Harpreet Singh Mandher and the Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) raided the spot and launched a search operation,” said the Police Commissioner.

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.

“Both Resham and Guri had six and four criminal cases, respectively, of similar nature registered against them,” he said.

The police have also identified their third accomplice and raids were on to nab him.

Sources in the police said they had committed a dacoity in Focal Point area in Ludhiana two years ago while Gurwinder was involved in two more cases of robbery committed at Amritsar and Tarn Taran.

A fresh case of attempt to murder and under the Arms Act was registered against them at the Sultanwind police station here. The Police Commissioner said that a probe was on to establish their backward and forward linkages.