Punjab Police has arrested another close aide of theprime accused drug smuggler and rogue criminal Jaipal Bhullar wanted for the sensational killing of CIA Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs), Bhagwan Singh andDalwinderjit Singh, who was gunned down in cold blood in Jagraon Grain Marketon May 15.
The arrested has been identified as Lucky Rajput @ Lucky,a resident of New Pratap Nagar in Ludhiana, who had actively assisted thekillers of two ASIs in fleeing from the State. The police have also recovered a.32 bore country-made Pistol, along with 3 live cartridges, two Pulsarmotorcycles and one Fiat Punto Car from his possession.
The development came just two days after PunjabPolice arrested two of the main accused, identified as Darshan Singh, andBaljinder Singh @Babbi, of Jagraon shootout from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
A Spokesperson of the Punjab Police Department, while givingdetails said that in an intelligence-led operation, CP Ludhiana Rakesh Agrawaldeputed a police team which arrestedLucky from Khanpur Canal Bridge.
Lucky, who has a criminal past and was convicted in a murder case in 2008; he is also wanted by Dehlon Police in a car snatching caseof November 2020. Lucky has disclosed that he, along with Jaipal Bhullar,Darshan Singh and Baljinder Singh @Babbi had snatched an i10 car (PB10EU-0110)at gunpoint from Malerkotla road (under Dehlon Police Station in Ludhiana) inNovember 2020.
The spokesperson said that while lodged at Central JailLudhiana, Lucky had come in contact with Darshan and Babbi, who laterintroduced him to gangster turned drug smuggler, Jaipal Bhullar. WheneverJaipal used to pass through Ludhiana, Lucky and Darshan would escort hisvehicle in their Fiat Punto car to give advance information about Police Nakas en route, which has been recovered, he added.
He said that Lucky was also wanted in the kidnapping caseof Mohali resident Pritpal Singh alias Bobby. Lucky had kidnapped Pritpal Singhon December 12, 2020, thrashed him, and demanded a ransom of Rs 1.5 crore.However, after his condition deteriorated, Lucky, and his criminal associatesincluding Jaipal, Bubbi, Darshan, Jaspreet Singh @ Jassi, had left with his car after snatching Rs.86000.
In another case, Lucky, Darshan, and Gagandeep Singh aliasNona, Jaspreet alias Jassi had threatened prime witnesses in the Banur BankCash Van Robbery case, including Sukhwant Singh of village Batta in Kharar,Shamsher Singh of village Zara in Shahabad, Haryana, and Jatinder Singh ofvillage Khanpura Gandua, against testifying against Jaipal and his associatesin court.