Tarn Taran police arrest 5 members of Bhagwanpuria, Amritpal Bath gangs

The CIA staff arrested five members of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Amritpal Bath gangs from here on Saturday night and seized arms and ammunition from them.

SSP Abhimanyu Rana said here on Sunday that those arrested had been identified as Gurmeet Singh of Bhagwanpur village in Batala, Harpal Singh of Nurpur village in Gurdaspur, Lovepreet Singh of Nawapind village in Amritsar, and Shamsher Singh and Sandeep Singh of Kot Khalsa in Amritsar.

The police had seized four weapons -- a US-made 9mm Glock pistol, two .32 bore pistols and a country-made pistol -- along with 15 live cartridges, the SSP said.

“During questioning, they confessed that the seized weapons had been supplied by Jaggu Bhagwanpuria through his associates and they were planning to execute target killings on the instance of gangster Amritpal Bath. Those arrested are linked to multiple criminal cases, including attempted murder, illegal arms possession and gang-related violence,” the SSP said, adding that they were involved in a recent targeted murder by the gang in Tarn Taran area.