SAS Nagar,January 20: In a breakthrough, District SAS Nagarpolice has nabbed four criminals of Lawrance Bishnoi group along with arms andammunition. They were absconding in murder cases.
Satinder Singh PPS, SSP, S.A.S. Nagar informed that underthe supervision of Dr. Ravjot Grewal IPS SP rural S.A.S. Nagar and Sh.Bikramjit Singh Brar PPS, DSP Mullanpur , a drive against criminals/gangstershas been initiated. As the result of this drive four armed associates of SampatNehra and Deepak @ Tinu, prominent members of Lawrance Bishnoi group have beenarrested. Lawrance Bishnoi criminal group has indulged in dacoties, murders andextortion in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and UT Chandigarh.
SSP Mohali further informed that in the intervening night of18/19-01- 2021, SHO City Kurali received a reliable input that this gang wasactive in Kurali area and may commit some sensational crime in the area. Actingon tip off SHO city kurali along with teams of district police S.A.S. Nagararrested the following accused along with their weapons.
A case FIR No. 04dated 19-01-2021 u/s 399, 402, IPC and 25, 54, 59 Arms Act has been registeredagainst them at PS City Kurali.
Detail of arrested accused and recovered weapons includeDarshan Singh s/o Sohan Singh r/o Village Amlala PS Derabassi Distt- SAS Nagarwith 7.65 mm Pistol along with 06 live cartridges,Manish Kumar s/o Gurnam Singhr/p Village Bibipur PS Julka Distt- Patiala with 12 Bore Single Barrel Gun with02 live cartridges, Suraj s/o Raju r/o Kurali DisttSAS Nagar with 7.65 mmPistol along with 05 live cartridges and Bhagat Singh @ Honey s/o Sarwan Singh r/o Kurali Distt SAS Nagar withOne Pistol, 315 Bore along 04 live cartridges.
SSP Mohali furthermentioned that two of the above accused have criminal background. One of thearrested accused Darshan Singh was absconding in a murder case FIR no 300 date1.11.2017 u/s 302,379-B,109,506,2016,120B IPC,25 Arms Act PS Civil LineBhiwani, Harayana. He is co-accused of Deepak Tinu in this case. Anotheraccused Manish Kumar was involved in case FIR no 31 date 5.5.2016 u/s 302,34IPC PS Julka Distt Patiala.
In the initial interrogation,they disclosed that they wereready to strike at the targets given to them by their jail inmates. Recentlythey were part of firing incident at Malerkotla .They were trying to revivetheir gang to initiate their criminal activities.
Further investigation is in progress.