Punjab Police Arrest Two Associates of Bambiha Gang near Old Ambala-Kalka road in Dhakoli , Recover Weapons

Punjab Police Arrest Two Associates of Bambiha Gang, Recover Weapons

In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with SAS Nagar Police arrested two associates of the Bambiha Gang and recovered four pistols, six magazines, and 16 live cartridges from their possession.

The arrested accused have been identified as Avtar Singh alias Gora of village Sewe Wala in Faridkot and Ajay Kumar alias Preet Pandit in village Gadapur in Patiala.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that following reliable inputs, a team of AGTF arrested both the accused persons from Old Ambala-Kalka road in Dhakoli, when they were traveling on their motorcycle.

The arrested accused Avtar Gora is a close associate of Gangster Gurbax Sewewal and was declared the proclaimed offender (PO) in two criminal cases including in a sensational double murder case that took place in Jaitu in 2014.

Preliminary investigations revealed that both the arrested accused persons were involved in providing logistics support, hideouts, and weapons to the members of the Bambiha gang and were planning to commit sensational crime in the state.

Further investigations are on and more revelations about the crimes committed by the Bambiha gang are expected during the course of investigation, AIG AGTF Sandeep Goel added.