Attack on dairy owner: Police nab gangster’s operative

The city police led by SHO Sub-Inspector (SI) Avtar Singh on Tuesday night arrested one of the three operatives of foreign-settled gangster Jaisal Chambal, who had fired at the owner of the milk dairy at the local Goindwal Sahib bypass on the night of April 15 and managed to escape.

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SSP Abhimanyu Rana stated here on Wednesday that the arrested operative has been identified as Jobanjit Singh, a resident of Sheikh Chak village. The other two operatives, who are still absconding, have been identified on the information provided by the arrested accused, said the SSP.

The SSP said a joint team of the city police and the CIA had been working to nab the accused since the incident happened with the help of human intelligence and technical intelligence. The operatives were intimidating those people who refuse to give them extortion money demanded by gangster Jaisal Chambal.

The SSP said the police were conducting raids to arrest the absconding accused. A case under Sections 308 (4) and 3 (5) of the BNS and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused. More cases expected to be solved during the interrogation of the arrested accused.