Chandigarh: Notorious gangster Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy Dhillon, who is alleged to have been operating a criminal network in Punjab and Chandigarh from abroad, has reportedly been detained in Spain.<\/p>\n
Highly placed sources in the Punjab Police said the gangster, who is named in the case related to alleged threats issued to AAP MLA Neena Mittal and the daylight murder of a pharmacy cashier in Chandigarh’s Sector-11, was taken into custody during a coordinated operation.<\/p>\n
According to police sources, the operation involved the Punjab Police, central intelligence agencies and the Chandigarh Police, which had been monitoring Goldy Dhillon’s activities overseas for several months.<\/p>\n
Known in criminal circles as “Goldy Rajpura”, Dhillon is alleged to be a close associate of Goldy Brar, the Canada-based gangster who has been designated as a terrorist by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n
Police sources further said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had earlier named Goldy Dhillon as a co-conspirator along with Goldy Brar in its chargesheet related to a firing and extortion case involving a businessman in Chandigarh’s Sector-5.<\/p>\n
Investigators have also linked Goldy Dhillon to the Sector-11 chemist murder case. According to the police, six shooters were allegedly sent from Jammu to Punjab on his instructions before splitting into two groups. One group allegedly shot dead pharmacy cashier Janaki Das in broad daylight, while the second group had been tasked with targeting another individual in Chandigarh.<\/p>\n
Police had earlier arrested members of the second module near Mullanpur, recovering a foreign-made CZ-47 pistol and a .32 bore pistol from their possession.<\/p>\n
Authorities have not yet issued an official statement on the reported detention in Spain or on the process for any possible extradition proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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