Gangster shot dead in Amritsar encounter
A gangster was shot dead following an encounter near the Beas area here on Wednesday while his accomplice, who had escaped by jumping into the river, was arrested later.
They both were involved in the killing of a commission agent, Gurdeep Singh, who was shot dead in broad daylight in Sathiala in Baba Bakala subdivision a week ago. The deceased was identified as Gursharan Singh, a resident of Harike, while his accomplice Paras Singh was of Noordi village.
The police arrested Paras from a nearby village with the help of drones. Meanwhile, Judicial Magistrate Bikramjit Singh visited the spot and carried out a probe. He interacted with SSP Charanjit Singh and DIG, Border Range, Satinder Singh.
Sharing details, the DIG said the Amritsar rural police managed to crack the Gurdeep Singh’s murder case by arresting all three suspects from Manali in Himachal Pradesh. Besides Gursharan and Paras, the police nabbed Parveen Singh of Harike. They were brought to the Beas police station here for interrogation. During preliminary probe, they confessed to have hidden the weapons in the Mand area. When Gursharan and Paras were brought to the spot by the police team for recovering the weapon, the duo fired at the police party. The police retaliated in self-defence in which Gursharan died on the spot, said SSP Charanjit Singh. The police seized a 9mm pistol and some bullets from the crime scene.
Hours after the murder of Gurdeep Singh, gangster Satpreet Singh, alias Satta Naushehra, of Landa Harike gang took the responsibility. Gurdeep Singh was a friend of rival gangster Balwinder Singh Donny of Munn Ghanshampuria gang currently in Portugal. Landa Harike was declared a terrorist by the Government of India in December last year.
