Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, December 16-
Punjab AGTF in a joint operation with SAS Nagar Police has arrested four operatives of Canada-based terrorist Arsh Dalla and another foreign based-handler and recovered three .32 calibre pistols along with 16 cartridges from their possession, said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gagandeep Singh and Navjot Singh alias Nishu, both residents of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib and currently staying at a rental accommodation in Kharar; Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of Bhadson in Patiala and Vipanpreet Singh, a resident of Faridkot. Apart from recovering arms and ammunition, police teams have also impounded their white swift car, in which they were travelling.
DGP said that the arrested persons confessed to have opened fire at the car accessories showroom situated in Phase 11, Mohali on the intervening night of December 1 and 2 this year with an intention to intimidate the shop owner and extort money from him as directed by their foreign-based handler identified as Daljit Singh alias Ninda. The latter is a history sheeter, who fled to USA on passport with fake particulars and associated with radicalised USA-based gangster, he added.