Gangster nabbed in Barnala, weapons recovered

Barnala: Barnala police claimed to have arrested a gangster of ‘C’ category from Mehal Kalan and have recovered two country made pistols from him. District Election In a joint press conference held by officer-cum-deputy commissioner Barnala Tej Partap Singh Phoolka and SSP Harjit Singh shared the details. Phoolka said that the district administration is committed to ensure free and fair elections in the district.

Meanwhile, SSP Harjit Singh said that the arrested gangster has been identified as Hardeep Singh alias Deepa of Mehal Kalan. The police recovered a .32 bore pistol along with 6 live cartridges at the time of arrest and recovered another 9 mm pistol along with 2 live cartridges during investigations. He said that as many as 19 FIRs have already been registered against Deepa in various districts out of which 5 have been lodged in Barnala district.

SSP said that Deepa procured the illegal weapons from gangster Dharminder Guggni who was also under police scanner. He added that Deepa belonged to Jaspreet Jassa Bilaspur group and a case under NDPS has also been registered on his brother Jagjit Singh alias Jeeta. Singh said that another aide of Deepa, Buta Singh was nabbed by police in February and had recovered 2 pistols from his possession. He said that during investigations, the police team also came to know about his relations with Gurdeep Singh Maana who is lodged in Nabha jail for his involvement in criminal activities. A case under arms act has been registered against Hardeep Singh Deepa at Mehal Kalan police station.