Moga sex scandal: Mohali police claim to solve double murder case with arrest of gangster
Tribune News Service
Mohali, November 16
Mohali police claimed to have solved a double murder case of a couple in Ferozepur in 2018 among others after the arrest of a dreaded criminal, Ranbir alias Bira, in a car snatching case in Kurali.
An FIR was registered in this case under Sections 392 and 34 of the IPC and under Section 25 of the Arms Act at Kurali City police station on August 10.
Bira, a resident of Gurdaspur, who is a close associate of gangster Sukhmeetpal Singh alias Sukh Bhikhariwal and Supreet Singh alias Harry Chatha, confessed his involvement and named his associates who committed some major crimes in Punjab.
Ranbir was part of the masked team that killed accused-turned-approver couple of Moga sex scandal. Ranbir along with his associates Harvinder Singh and Bhupinder entered the house of Manjit Kaur and her husband Rajpreet Singh.
After removing the CCTV camera, they shot the couple dead in broad daylight. They were carrying three pistols and had used a bike which was arranged by Harwinder Singh Dodhi.
Sukh Bhikhariwal was the mastermind of this incident and provided them with financial help, police said.
A case under Sections 302, 34 of the IPC and 25 and 27 of the Arms Act was registered at Zira police station in Ferozepur on September 21, 2018.
Harvinder Singh Dodhi was also arrested by Gurdaspur police on October 22. Both of them had not disclosed their involvement in the above mentioned incidents, when they were arrested by STF and Gurdaspur police. But now they have confessed their involvement.
Ranbir further confessed that he was also a part of the three armed bike-borne attackers, who freed the notorious smuggler Harbhajan Singh alias Rana of Ferozepur from the police custody at a roadside eatery near Ghall Khurd village, on Ferozepur-Moga road on August 18, 2018.
They fired on the police team, in which one of the police officials got injured. A case under Sections 307, 225, 34 of the IPC and 25, 27 of the Arms Act was registered at PS GhallKhurd, Ferozepur district on August 18, 2018.
The conspiracy to free the notorious smuggler was also hatched on the directions of Bhikhariwal and Harry Chatha. They provided financial aid to them for committing the crime, said police.
In 2018, Harvinder Singh Dodhi, Bhupinder alias Bhinda along with one of their associates on directions of Harry Chatha, had tried to kidnap a doctor from Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar, but it was a failed attempt as Bhinda accidently fired from his .30 caliber pistol injuring Dodhi and they fled from the spot.
Bhupinder also managed to make his passport on fake particulars from Himachal Pradesh before he was arrested by STF on September 30, 2019 from Jandiala Guru in an Arms Act case. His fake passport has also been recovered now. Further investigation is in progress.
The sex scandal came to light in 2007 when a victim of the extortion racket opened up. Two women in connivance with the cops and another accused extorted money from influential localites by threatening to disclose their identities.
