‘Khalistani’ operative brought on remand, 3 weapons recovered

Tribune News Service
Amritsar, February 12

The counter intelligence (CI) wing of the Punjab Police have recovered two .32 bore pistols with six bullets and a .30 bore pistol with two magazines after interrogating alleged ‘Khalistani’ operative Jagdev Singh, alias Jagga, who was nabbed from Lucknow on February 8.

The seizure was made near a flyover situated on the Amritsar-Tarn Taran road. Jagga was brought on transit remand from Lucknow. Later, a local court had sent him to the police remand till February 15.

Jagga was nabbed from Lucknow following the interrogation of his accomplice Jagroop Singh, who was arrested from Rampur Cheete village. The police had recovered five pistols from him. The CI wing had also brought a notorious gangster, Jasbir Singh Anngarhiya, on production warrant. Jasbir has as many as 30 criminal cases, including that of attempt to murder, robbery and the NDPS Act registered against him.

Their arrest also brought forth the fact that anti-national elements in Pakistan were using notorious criminals and smugglers for carrying out their nefarious activities, including targeted killings and funding terror activities in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.

Last year, gangsters had killed Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu in Bhikhiwind allegedly at the behest of their Pakistan-based handlers.

Recently, the NIA held an alleged hawala operator, Manpreet Singh, from the Loharaka road in connection with narco-terror module busted by the Amritsar police in 2020 after it had arrested a Hijbul Mujaheedin operative with Rs 27 lakh of drug money, which was to be used for funding terrorists in the Valley. Manpreet was an accomplice of notorious smugglers Ranjit Singh Cheeta and Iqbal Singh Shera.