CHANFDI GARH /JALANDHAR
Jalandhar (Rural ) police arrested four members of the notorious Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang after a hot chase on the Jalandhar-Batala highway, and recovered a significant cache of arms and vehicles, exposing an international network supplying illegal weapons to Punjab, said the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Asrat Kanth alias Sabi, Kamalpreet Singh alias Komal Bajwa, Pardeep Kumar alias Gora, and Gurmeet Raj alias Juneja. Police teams have recovered four weapons including one China-made 7.65 mm Glock, two .30 bore pistols, and one revolver along with four live cartridges and three magazines, besides impounding, two vehicles— Mahindra XUV (PB-09-3039) and Brezza (PB-09-EP-7100) used in the commission of the crime.
DGP said that during questioning the gang leader, Asrat Kanth alias Sabi, confessed that the seized weapons were supplied by Aman alias Anda, a key figure in the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang currently based in Germany. The arms were funneled through Sanju alias Sahil Kumar, a Batala resident who is currently incarcerated.
The DGP said that the arrested accused are linked to multiple criminal cases, including attempted murder, illegal arms possession, and gang-related violence across various districts in Punjab.
Sharing operation details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jalandhar (R ) Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, said that police teams have received reliable input that suspects were travelling in two vehicles, a Mahindra XUV and a Maruti Brezza.
Acting swiftly, the police team led by In charge CIA staff Jalandhar (Rural ) and SHO Bhogpur Sikander Singh laid a Naka near Lahdra village, he said, while adding that police teams managed to stop Brezza, resulting in the immediate arrest of Sabi and Komal Bajwa.
However, the persons’ in XUV managed to break through the blockade, leading to a chase that ended near Jinda Road in Maqsudan, where Gora and Juneja were arrested, he added. A fifth suspect, Sajandeep alias Loda, managed to escape.
He said that the gang had previously been involved in a deadly shootout at Batala’s Gandhi Camp on July 23, where a rival gang member, Yudveer alias Yodha, was killed and another, Rahul Datar, critically injured.