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KEY ASSOCIATE OF FOREIGN-BASED GANGSTER SONU KHATRI HELD FROM KHARAR; THREE PISTOLS RECOVERED<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2014 ARRESTED ACCUSED HARJINDER SINGH WAS PLANNING SENSATIONAL CRIME IN PUNJAB, SAYS DGP GAURAV YADAV<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CHANDIGARH, May 8:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing campaign against organised crime under the directives of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab, in a joint operation with SAS Nagar Police, apprehended Harjinder Singh, a key associate of foreign-based gangster Rajesh Kumar alias Sonu Khatri, from Kharar Bus Stand, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Police teams have also recovered three pistols\u2014 including two .32 bore and one .30 bore\u2014 along with 14 carriages from the possession of arrested accused person.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the accused was wanted in a case involving an armed attack on rival gang members at “Future Heights” in Kharar.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He said that preliminary investigation has revealed that arrested accused Harjinder Singh was receiving direct instructions from his abroad-based handler Sonu Khatri and was hatching conspiracy to execute high-profile crime in the state.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHis (Harjinder Singh) arrest marks a critical step in our sustained crackdown on gangster networks operating with cross-border linkages,\u201d said the DGP, while adding that further investigation is underway to unravel the complete network and establish forward and backward linkages.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sharing operation details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) AGTF Promod Ban said that the teams of the AGTF led by DSP Rajan Parminder based human and intel-inputs located the accused Harjinder roaming in the area of Kharar and managed to arrest him from the Kharar Bus Stand.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A case FIR No. 68 dated 24\/02\/2025 had already been regitered under sections 125, 194, 194(2), 296, 193(3) and 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station City Kharar in SAS Nagar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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