Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/Tarn Taran, January 7-
Punjab Police have solved at least two firing incidents in the district Tarn Taran with the arrest of two associates of foreign-based gangster Prabhdeep Singh alias Prabh Dasuwal after a brief encounter took place at Valtoha in Tarn Taran, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Karanpreet Singh alias Karan, a resident of village Toot in Tarn Taran and Gurlaljit Singh alias Laali, a resident of Village Bhangala in Tarn Taran. Police teams have also recovered one .32 bore pistol along with live cartridges and empty bullet shells from their possession, besides impounding their Honda Activa scooter, which they were riding.
As per the information, both the accused persons were running an extortion racket on the directions of their handler Prabh Dasuwal, who is associated with Ghanshyampuria gang and were involved in two firing incidents. The recent firing incident took place at a Medical Store in village Gharyala on January 1 this year and another firing incident took place at Valtoha wherein they targeted Arhtiya to demand extortion of Rs 20 lakh on December 2, 2024.