Shooter who killed bizman held, illegal arms seized
The police have arrested the shooter who shot dead a businessman, a resident of Dubli village falling under Sadar police station. The businessman Jaswant Singh Bittu, an ex-serviceman, was shot dead on the morning of May 3 when he was sitting in his shop. After committing the crime, the assailants managed to escape from the spot on a motorcycle. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abhimanyu Rana said that the assailant has been identified as Taranbeer Singh alias Tannun, a resident of Bhikhiwind, who was presently residing in Tung Pai, Mohkampur locality in Amritsar.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rana said that besides recovering two illegal pistols, the motorcycle used to commit crime and the clothes worn at the time too have been recovered.
A case under Sections 103 (1), 61 (2), 190, 191 (3) of the BNS and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act has already been registered by the Patti Sadar police.
The shooter, Taranbeer Singh, was already facing two criminal cases registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act.
