Gangster Rana Kandowalia murder: Another accomplice of Happy Shah held in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 11

The police have confirmed the arrest of one more person involved in the murder of gangster Rana Kandowalia at a private hospital on August 3. Cops had arrested Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, of Ghagarbhana village, along with Gurminderjeet Singh alias Happy Shah, a resident of Chahal Kalan, in Batala.

Earlier, the police had arrested Nanit Sharma of Batala, for providing shelter to the accused after committing the crime.

Shah was one of the four assailants, who had attacked Kandowalia. Shah had also received two bullets and was injured in retaliatory firing by Tejbir Singh Teji, an accomplice of Kandowalia.

The DCP (Detective), Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, said they had constituted two separate teams after the attack on Kandowalia and initiated the probe.

He said acting on a tip-off, Inderjeet Singh, in-charge, Crime Investigation Agency, nabbed Shah. Two of his accomplices Gurpreet and Nanit were also nabbed for sheltering the accused.

He said Shah confessed that the plan to murder Kandowalia was prepared by Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Goldy Brar around a month ago. Bhullar said on the call of Goldy, Monu Dagar, Deepak alias Deepu, and an unidentified person came from Haryana. He said after getting nod from Jaggu, Shah, Jagroshan Singh Hundal, Mani Raya and Mandeep alias Tuffan, planned to attack Kandowalia.

Earlier, they had planned to kill Kandowalia at Ranjit Avenue on July 31, but observing the police activity, they stopped for a few days.

On August 3, Shah had got injured and Nanit, Sukhraj Mali, Kharkh Singh alias Ladi, Jagtar Singh, Prabjot Chattha and Gurpreet, gave him shelter and ensured him a medical assistance from Johal Hospital in Batala.