A Gangster-turned -social activist Kulbir Naruana (39),who had been named in around half a dozen cases including attempt to murder,was shot dead by his personal gunman Mandeep Singh Manna on Wednesday morningat his house in Naruana village.
The incident took place when gunman Mandeep Singh came tomeet Kulbir at his residence early this morning and requested him to sit in hiscar as he wanted to discuss some personal matters with him.
After Kulbir entered his car, the gunman opened fire andshot him dead. He then tried to flee from the spot, but was stopped by peoplearound. Afterwards, he opened fire at Gurpreet Singh, who first stopped him and thenrammed his car into Chamkaur Singh, who died at the spot.
Both Gurpeet and Chamkaur are said to be Kulbir’s closeassociates. Meanwhile, Gupreet was immediately rushed to the nearby privatehospital, and is now undergoing treatment and said to be serious.
SP Bathinda City Jaspal Singh said that the bodies ofNaruana and Chamkaur were sent to the civil hospital for the post-mortem. “Thepolice have been investigating the matter and he would comment only after thepost-mortem reports are available”.
Sources informed that a few days back too, Kulbir wasattacked while he was travelling in his car on Malout road in Bathinda, butescaped as his vehicle was bullet proof.
About Kulbir Naruana
Kulbir Naruana is accused of freeing the convictGurwinder Bindu from police custody by attacking the police personnel insidethe Civil Hospital. He was also arrested for possessing a pistol withoutlicence.
In 2015, Naruana and his gang members opened fire at apolice constable at the Cantonment police station in Bathinda. While being inthe central jail, Naruana remained in the controversies as he and hisaccomplices uploaded their photo on Facebook from the jail. He was also a partof the gang war inside jail with the group members of the Gurpreet Sekhongroup.
However, last year Kulbir Naruana announced that he hadleft behind the world of crime and wanted to be a good person. He organisedvarious blood donation camps and also conducted a mass marriage of 21 poorgirls.