Club owner held with pistol in Chandigarh

A club owner has been arrested by the UT police for illegally possessing a weapon.

The suspect, Neeraj Kharab, was arrested near SD College, Sector 32, with a pistol and seven cartridges.

A case against him has been registered at the Sector 34 police station under sections of the BNS and Arms Act.

Last year, the police had arrested two gangsters for hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Neeraj. Two pistols and 14 cartridges were recovered from them. Two more accused involved in the case were recently brought on production warrant by the police.

Investigations revealed that the shooters were operating on the directions of gangster Gurjant Singh, alias Janta, brother of Jaspreet Singh, alias Jassi, who, along with gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar, was killed in an encounter in Kolkata in 2021.