Six members of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang arrested by Rupnagar police with 12 deadly weapons
- January 03, 2023
- Updated: 01:24 am
DW BUREAU / Rupnagar
Six members of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria were arrested with 12 deadly weapons as part of a special operation launched by Rupnagar police against criminals dealing in drugs and illegal arms.
Giving this information in a press conference, Senior Police Captain Rupnagar Viveksheel Soni said that Ropar Police under the leadership of Police Captain (Detective) Manwinderbir Singh and PPS, Deputy Captain of Police (Detective) Rupnagar Talwinder Singh Gill arrested 06 members along with gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria along with 12 deadly weapons and 50 live rounds in a very important success has been achieved.
He said that the arrest of these criminals has foiled the dangerous plans of carrying out very serious incidents with these illegal weapons in Punjab. He said that the work of supplying illegal weapons and drugs on a large scale in different parts of Punjab was also being done by these anti-social elements. For which Rupnagar police teams launched a special campaign against these criminals.
He further revealed that to control these criminals on 15 December 2022, the Inspector-in-Charge CIA. Rupnagar Satnam Singh has registered case number 124 under section 25/54/59 Arms Act at police station City Morinda and arrested 04 accused with 04 pistols and 20 live cartridges. Under this link, while tracing the contacts with criminal background, the accused Arshdeep Singh Fauji was brought from Amritsar Jail on production warrant and interrogated. After which, by tracing the full name and address of the next accused who has the name (in code word) 777 in the world of gangsters, the accused Varinderpal Singh Vicky 777 was also brought from Amritsar Jail on a physical warrant and on 1 January 2023 with 08 more pistols. Consignment of 30 rounds has been
recovered.
Viveksheel Soni said that 50 live rounds including 12 pistols have been recovered from the accused Rishav's son Sukhchain, Pradeep Singh Kaka, Jaspal Singh Shah, Pargat Singh, Arshdeep Singh and Varinderpal Vicky. While further investigation is being done. He also said that many other serious cases including NDPS Act and Arms Act are registered against these
accused.
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