A-category gangster Sagar Newton arrested from Bijnor

Facing 18 cases, he had challenged Ludhiana police on social media

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Updated At : 10:39 AM Aug 21, 2024 IST

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 20

The Ludhiana police in a joint operation with the Counter Intelligence, Ludhiana, finally arrested A-category gangster Sagar Newton by conducting a raid at Bijnor in UP.

Joined crime world at 17
During interrogation, it has come to light that gangster Sagar Newton, who is 26-year-old, had entered the crime world at the age of 17. From 2017 to 2018, he was lodged at Borstal Jail, here, in two cases of attempt to murder registered against him.
After getting bail in 2018, he again sent to the Central Jail, Ludhiana, in a murder case, from where he was shifted to an Amritsar jail. There, he met gangster Butta Khan of Thakkar Khurd village, Sangrur, and joined his gang.
After getting bail in March this year, many crimes were committed by Newton in the city.

The gangster is facing 18 cases, including murder, dacoity, theft and drug smuggling, registered against him in the past.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jaskiranjit Singh, ADCP Amandeep Singh Brar, Inspector, CIA, Rajesh Kumar, Inspector, Counter Intelligence, Bikramjit Singh, and Inspector Davinder Sharma addressed a press conference in this regard at the Police Lines here today.

The DCP said in April this year, the gangster, along with his accomplices, had barged into the house of an opponent where they attacked the family, including an elderly woman, Surjit Kaur. She had later died and a murder case was then registered against him and his aides. In the case, the police had arrested the gangster’s wife also.

On August 18, the police got a tip-off that Newton was hiding at Bijnor, UP, accordingly, joint teams of the Ludhiana police and Counter Intelligence conducted a raid and nabbed the suspect, the DCP said.

He also revealed that the gangster had also connection with notorious gangster Butta Khan, alias Bagga Khan, with whom he had been committing heinous crimes.

Now, suspects who gave shelter to the gangster are also under scanner of the police and they may face action.

During interrogation, it has come to light that Sagar Newton, who is 26-year-old, had entered the crime world at the age of 17. From 2017 to 2018, he was lodged at Borstal Jail, here, in two cases of attempt to murder registered against him.

After getting bail in 2018, he again sent to the Central Jail, Ludhiana, in a murder case, from where he was shifted to an Amritsar jail. There, he met another gangster, Butta Khan, alias Bagga Khan, of Thakkar Khurd village, Sangrur district, and joined his gang.

After getting bail in March this year, many crimes were carried out in the city by the gangster.

He had also challenged the Ludhiana police by posting videos on social media.

Though Newton had been playing hide-and-seek with police personnel, he was active on social media. He had several accounts on Instagram where he used to upload videos and photographs frequently. Recently, he posted a video on his social media accounts in which he asked the police to release his wife and he would surrender. He also challenged the Ludhiana police. Taking action against the matter, the then Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Singh Chahal had already alerted the cyber cell to take action against the social media accounts of gangster Newton, following which several social media accounts of the suspect were blocked.