Five gangsters arrested after brief encounter in Amritsar

The CIA staff of the Amritsar rural police arrested five overground workers of the foreign-based Dony Bal, Prabh Dasuwal and Mann Ghanshampuria gang after a brief encounter in the Lopoke area today.

One of them was injured in the return fire by the police. He was identified as Khushpreet Singh of Bhurwala village in Patti, Tarn Taran. Other arrested suspects were Harpreet Singh of Dhagsna, Chandan Singh of Chuslewar, Jashanpreet Singh of Sito Mai Jhugua and Gurmanpreet Singh of Kula Chowk Patti.

The police seized a .32 bore pistol, 10 live cartridges and five mobile phones, besides impounding a car (HR-26-BU-5321).

Amritsar rural SSP Charanjit Singh said the police got a tipoff about associates of USA-based gangster Balwinder Singh, alias Dony Bal, and Portugal-based Manpreet Singh, alias Mann Ghanshampuria.

“The police laid a naka in the Ram Tirath area of Lopoke subdivision. The driver of a car bearing Haryana registration number plate was signalled to stop the vehicle. The occupants, however, opened fire at the police party and tried to flee,” said the SSP.

Khushpreet fired several rounds at the police party. In the return fire, he was injured and all miscreants were arrested, he added.

Khushpreet is reportedly wanted in a case of firing that occurred in Tarn Taran. “We are investigating their antecedents,” said SSP Charanjit Singh.