Four aides of gangster Goldy Brar nabbed

The city police claimed to have arrested five associates of notorious gangster Goldy Brar here on Tuesday. Police teams have also been sent to Haryana for conducting raids and arrest other accused wanted in a pistol seizure case.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective) Harpreet Singh Mander stated that on the basis of a secret tip-off, cops from CIA-1 and CIA-2 arrested Harshdeep Singh (20) and Gursharanpreet Singh (18), both residents of Dhilwan Khurd village in Faridkot district, and recovered four pistols from their possession on September 4. During interrogation, the police found that the duo used to work on the instructions of gangster Goldy Brar to threaten people and demand ransom. The arrested accused were produced in a court and taken on remand for further investigation.

The probe revealed that Gursharanpreet Singh, alias Sharan, was being directed by a person, Deva, a resident of Haryana. Deva had gone to a foreign country on fake documents and is now settled there. It was Deva who introduced Gursharanpreet Singh to Goldy Brar. Then the police nabbed Dharampreet Singh, alias Dharma, a resident of Bazigar Basti in Faridkot, on September 6, who introduced Gursharanpreet Singh to Deva and further to Goldy.

The police found that Pritam Singh, alias Goli, a resident of Landa village at Bagha Purana in Moga district, introduced Dharampreet Singh, alias Dharma, to Goldy. There are about 10 cases registered against Pritam Singh Goli, who went to Canada on a fake passport. He introduced Dharampreet Singh and Deva to Goldy Brar.

Pritam Singh was the main conspirator in ransom cases, planned by the gang. Another accused Manga Singh was also arrested for conducting a recce of a person in Mohali along with Gursharanpreet Singh. The police also arrested an accused, Avtar Singh, alias Sukha, a resident of Smallsar in Moga district, who works on the instructions of Pritam and took Gursharanpreet Singh and Manga Singh from Hotel City-Walk to Mohali first in his cab.

DCP (Detective) Harpreet Singh Mander said further investigation is being carried out in a thorough and technical manner and Punjab Police are conducting raids at various places in Haryana to arrest people associated with their gang.