Gangster injured in encounter in Mohali's Kharar; three others arrested

Tribune News Service
Mohali, July 24

Punjab Police’s Organized Crime Control Unit (OCCU) said they had arrested five gangsters after a brief shootout at Kharar’s Aman Homes.

One of the suspects, Navdeep Singh, who also goes by the names Navi and Johan Butter—a native from Butter Kalan in Moga—was wounded in the encounter after police shot him twice on the leg.

A police team that was led by AIG Gurmeet Singh Chauhan also found six weapons—a 9mm pistol, .30 revolver and some countrymade pistols—from the alleged gangsters. Police said later that they were tipped off about the suspects hiding in a flat in the area. The shootout lasted about 25-30 minutes, police said. AIG Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said that the suspects began to fire at them after they reached the place.

Navdeep Singh was first taken to Kharar’s civil hospital, which then sent him to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, sources said.

Chauhan said Navdeep Singh was wounded when police fired in self defence. Navdeep Singh is believed to be a member of a gang led by Gagandeep Gagna and is suspected of being involved in a recent firing incident. He faces some 30 criminal charges—murder, extortion, robbery, escaping police custody and firing at a police officer—besides, and was declared a proclaimed offender in a 2012 case.