PUNJAB POLICE BUST MODULE LINKED WITH FOREIGN-BASED TERRORISTS LAKHBIR LANDA AND SATBIR SATTA; ONE HELD
CHANDIGARH/TARN TARAN, Could 5:
As a part of the continued drive towards anti-social components launched on the instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police have busted a module linked with International-based wished terrorists Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Satbir alias Satta with the arrest their one operative after recovering 10 pistols from his possession, mentioned Director Common of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Friday.
The arrested accused has been recognized as Gurbhej Singh alias Bheja of village Dhun Dhai Wala in Tarn Taran. The accused has a prison background and has not too long ago been launched from Goindwal Sahib Central Jail. The Police have additionally nominated Sukhdeep Singh alias Sukh of Chheharta in Amritsar, Lakhbir Singh alias Landa Harike, Satnam Singh alias Satta Naushehra, Yadwinder Singh alias Yada and Baaghi Singh within the first data report (FIR).
DGP Gaurav Yadav mentioned that appearing on a dependable enter that accused Gurbhej is coming after retrieving pistols together with magazines from location pinpointed by Landa and Satta, Police groups from Tarn Taran district promptly laid a entice and arrested him, when he was travelling on his motorbike. He mentioned that Police groups have impounded his Platina motorbike and recovered the bag containing 10 pistols together with together with seven .32 bore and three .30 bore from his possession.
Divulging extra particulars, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tarn Taran Gurmeet Singh Chauhan mentioned that accused Gurbhej Bheja alongside along with his different affiliate recognized as Sukhdeep Singh alias Sukh, who’s presently lodged in Central Jail Goindwal Sahib, had conspired to obtain firearms on directions of Landa and Satta to hold out prison actions together with killings within the state.
He mentioned that as per preliminary investigations, accused Bheja was in determined want for cash and was lured by gangsters to work for them. The accused Bheja was additionally in contact with Yadwinder Yada and one Germany-based Baaghi Singh, he mentioned, including that the position of each the individuals are being probed.
In the meantime, a case FIR no. 114 dated 04.05.2023 has been registered below sections 25(6) and 25(7) of the Arms Act and sections 387 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Police Station Metropolis Tarn Taran.