Three of Davinder Bambiha gang nabbbed from Punjab's Kharar

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 17

The police today arrested three members of the Davinder Bambiha gang — Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Jaswinder Singh, alias Khattu, and Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh — and seized two pistols and nine live rounds from them near Kharar.

The police got information that Khuda Lahora residents Gaurav Patial, alias Lucky, and his brother Sourav Patial, alias Vicky, Jaswinder Singh and Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal indulged in criminal activities and threatened to kill people on the social media.

The gang was also glorifying its criminal activities on the social media to create an atmosphere of terror among people. The gang has also been involved in taking ransom from industrialists after threatening them on the phone. The gang has invested money in two music companies, Thug Life and Gold Media. The police have arrested Mandeep Singh, a resident of Ferozepur village, Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Mangli Khas village, Ludhiana, and Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh, a resident of Patiala, from Kharar with ammunition. A case under Sections 384, 385, 386, 392, 395, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC, 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act and 66D of the IT Act has been registered against the suspects at Kharar City police station. The police have got their remand for three days after producing them in a local court.

During preliminary interrogation, it came out that Mandeep Singh was in contact with Gaurav Patial when he was studying at Panjab University. Mandeep was also involved in providing shelter to Dilpreet Baba, Lucky Patial and Sukhpreet Budha after the attack on singer Parmish Verma. After that, he was absconding and went to Dubai.

A few months ago, Mandeep came back and started working for the Thug Life company, which was promoted by Lucky Patial of the Bambiha gang. The police seized a .30 bore pistol and four live rounds from him.

During the interrogation of Jaswinder Singh, it was revealed that he had earlier shot dead lawyer Arshdeep Singh Sethi along with his accomplices in Mohali and had come out of jail a few months ago. He was now working with the Bambiha gang along with Lucky Patial. The police have recovered five rounds and .32 bore pistol from Jaswinder Singh.

Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh, was running a company called Gold Media when Sukhpreet Singh, alias Budha, demanded a ransom of Rs25 lakh from singer Gippy Grewal. Arshdeep Singh was also involved in that case and now he was promoting private companies at the behest of the gangster. The investigation has also revealed that the music company, Thug Life, is being run by Deepinder Singh Cheema, alias Deep Cheema, a resident of Ludhiana, residing in Toronto at present. His name was also incorporated in the case.