Police recover eight pistols along with 55 live cartridges & eight magazines from arrested gangster Kannu Gujjar : DGP
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Jalandhar, September 3-
In a major action by the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police amidst the ongoing fight against organised crime Notorious gangster Jaskaran Gujjar alias Kannu sustained bullet injuries on his leg while unsuccessfully attempting to escape from police custody from near Hamilton Tower in Jalandhar and huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from his possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
The arrested accused Kannu Gujjar, who is key associate of dreaded gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, was arrested by the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police from Rampur Billran in Garhshankar on Tuesday.
The development came close on the heels of arresting another member of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang identified as Naveen alias Kaka after brief encounter took place at Lajpat Nagar on August 27 and recovery of one pistol and 1kg heroin from his possession.
DGP said that following disclosures of accused Kannu Gujjar, Police team from the Jalandhar Commissionerate was taking the accused to the isolated place at the backside of Hamilton Tower in Jalandhar, where he claimed to have concealed arms and ammunition.
