Tag: Anti-Gangster Task Force

  • Punjab: Sharpshooter Mundi, two others arrested in connection with Moosewala killing

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: After well over three months since the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, sharpshooter Deepak Mundi wanted in connection with the murder was arrested along with two of his associates by the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police. The arrest was made in West Bengal while he was trying to flee to Nepal, police said.

    Highly placed sources said Mundi was among the six shooters who fired at Moosewala while Kapil Pandit and Rajinder provided logistical support, including weapons and hideouts. After killing Moosewala, Mundi and accomplices fled to Gujarat. Since the Gujarat police was alerted about the murder, Mundi was separated from his accomplices after he fled to Maharashtra, from there to Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and finally to West Bengal. As UP Police was also put on the alert about his movements he crossed into Bihar.

    “He was being guided by the master minds of the murder gangster Goldy Brar and Anmol Bishnoi from abroad as they were in touch with them through the signal app and thus accordingly he moved from place to place in order to evade arrest. Mundi was accompanied by Rajinder alias Joker and Kapil Pandit. They were staying in the village near the Indo-Nepal border in Baghdora of West Bengal for some time and were apprehended by the team of AGTF as the instructions were that he has to cross over into Nepal,’’ said a senior officer ofAFTF.

    He said that all of them are being brought to Mansa in Punjab and will be produced in the court tomorrow as they have been flown down from Baghdogra to Delhi and from their being brought by road to Mansa.

    Additional DGP (AGTF) of Punjab Police Parmod Ban told The New Indian Express that they conducted the operation with the help and assistance of central agencies and once the sharpshooter is brought back he and his associates will be questioned. He said Mundi along with two associates was caught near Nepal border in West Bengal.

    With the arrest of Mundi, all the six sharpshooters have been neutralised as two were shot dead by the Punjab Police in an encounter near Amritsar some time back and all the other four now arrested, as the police had identified six shooters who formed two modules to eliminate the singer. Of these, Priyavrat Fauji, Kashish and Ankit Sersa were arrested by the special cell of the Delhi Police while Manpreet Singh and Jagrup Singh Roopa were killed by the Punjab Police and now Mundi arrested by Punjab Police.

    On May 29 this year Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead at Jawahar Ke village in Moga.

    Meanwhile, in a related development Punjab Police have arrested 25-year-old Manpreet Singh alias Bhima of  Doraha in Ludhiana  a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang who had given shelter to shooters Jagroop Singh Rupa and Manpreet Singh alias Manu Kussa at his Kharar house before they killed singer Sidhu Moosewala, also 11 pistols, three bullets and a BMW car were seized from him. He was arrested near the Christian School T-point in Kharar and an Arms Act case registered against him at the Kharar City police station on September 9.

    CHANDIGARH: After well over three months since the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, sharpshooter Deepak Mundi wanted in connection with the murder was arrested along with two of his associates by the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police. The arrest was made in West Bengal while he was trying to flee to Nepal, police said.

    Highly placed sources said Mundi was among the six shooters who fired at Moosewala while Kapil Pandit and Rajinder provided logistical support, including weapons and hideouts. After killing Moosewala, Mundi and accomplices fled to Gujarat. Since the Gujarat police was alerted about the murder, Mundi was separated from his accomplices after he fled to Maharashtra, from there to Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and finally to West Bengal. As UP Police was also put on the alert about his movements he crossed into Bihar.

    “He was being guided by the master minds of the murder gangster Goldy Brar and Anmol Bishnoi from abroad as they were in touch with them through the signal app and thus accordingly he moved from place to place in order to evade arrest. Mundi was accompanied by Rajinder alias Joker and Kapil Pandit. They were staying in the village near the Indo-Nepal border in Baghdora of West Bengal for some time and were apprehended by the team of AGTF as the instructions were that he has to cross over into Nepal,’’ said a senior officer of
    AFTF.

    He said that all of them are being brought to Mansa in Punjab and will be produced in the court tomorrow as they have been flown down from Baghdogra to Delhi and from their being brought by road to Mansa.

    Additional DGP (AGTF) of Punjab Police Parmod Ban told The New Indian Express that they conducted the operation with the help and assistance of central agencies and once the sharpshooter is brought back he and his associates will be questioned. He said Mundi along with two associates was caught near Nepal border in West Bengal.

    With the arrest of Mundi, all the six sharpshooters have been neutralised as two were shot dead by the Punjab Police in an encounter near Amritsar some time back and all the other four now arrested, as the police had identified six shooters who formed two modules to eliminate the singer. Of these, Priyavrat Fauji, Kashish and Ankit Sersa were arrested by the special cell of the Delhi Police while Manpreet Singh and Jagrup Singh Roopa were killed by the Punjab Police and now Mundi arrested by Punjab Police.

    On May 29 this year Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead at Jawahar Ke village in Moga.

    Meanwhile, in a related development Punjab Police have arrested 25-year-old Manpreet Singh alias Bhima of  Doraha in Ludhiana  a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang who had given shelter to shooters Jagroop Singh Rupa and Manpreet Singh alias Manu Kussa at his Kharar house before they killed singer Sidhu Moosewala, also 11 pistols, three bullets and a BMW car were seized from him. He was arrested near the Christian School T-point in Kharar and an Arms Act case registered against him at the Kharar City police station on September 9.

  • Encounter underway between Punjab Police, two suspected Moose Wala killers

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: An exchange of fire was underway in Amritsar on Wednesday between the Punjab Police and two gangsters, believed to be involved in the killing of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, official sources said.

    The operation of the Anti-Gangster Task Force of the Punjab Police is going on at Bhakna village, they said.

    According to official sources, gangsters Jagroop Singh Roopa and Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa, the two shooters who were allegedly involved in the killing of Moosewala, were at large.

    The area has been cordoned off, they added.

    Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29.

    CHANDIGARH: An exchange of fire was underway in Amritsar on Wednesday between the Punjab Police and two gangsters, believed to be involved in the killing of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, official sources said.

    The operation of the Anti-Gangster Task Force of the Punjab Police is going on at Bhakna village, they said.

    According to official sources, gangsters Jagroop Singh Roopa and Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa, the two shooters who were allegedly involved in the killing of Moosewala, were at large.

    The area has been cordoned off, they added.

    Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29.

  • Anti-Gangster Task Force of Punjab police arrest most wanted ‘terrorist’

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: A most wanted ‘terrorist’ evading arrest for the last twelve years was on Sunday arrested by the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police from Lali village in Dera Bassi of Punjab.

    An active member of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), Charanjit Patialavi, has been using different identities and hideouts. Lately, he identified himself as Granthi and was living in a Gurudwara at Kharagpur in West Bengal. He had come to Punjab a few days ago.

    Deputy Inspector General of Police (AGTF) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the accused Charanjit Patialavi, was declared proclaimed offender in a case registered against him on July 23, 2010, under various sections of the Explosive Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act at Police Station Machhiwara. However, Patialavi’s other associate Gurmail Singh Boba of Butta Singh Wala village was arrested in this case with detonators and RDX. He later died.

    “Patialavi, disguising himself as a Granthi was presently staying in Gurudwara at Kharagpur in West Bengal and was not using any communication device,” said Bhullar, adding that different identification cards on West Bengal address have been recovered from his possession.

    Further investigation is in process, it may lead to more arrests and important disclosures, Bhullar said

    Bhullar said that following reliable information, the AGTF teams led by AIG AGTF Gurmeet Singh Chauhan and DSP AGTF Bikramjit Singh Brar have arrested Patialavi from near Gurudwara at village Lali in Dera Bassi.

    An officer on condition of anonymity said that Patialavi had come to Dera Bassi in Punjab a few days ago as he had some personal work mostly likely his daughter was to get married at his village Butta Singh Wala which is near Banur in Patiala. Before shifting to Kharagpur in West Bengal he was working as a granthi and staying in different gurdwaras in other places of Bengal and prior to that he was in Jharkhand.

    Charanjit alias Patialavi was an active member of the BKI terrorist module which was busted by the Punjab Police in 2010 for its involvement in the Shingar Cinema Ludhiana bomb blasts in 2007 and other blasts at Kali Mata Mandir, Patiala and Ambala in 2010. All the other associates of Patialavi were arrested in 2010 by the Punjab Police.