Gangster Bhupi Rana nabbed

Rajinder S Nagarkoti

Advertisement

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, July 30

The crime branch of the Panchkula police has arrested wanted gangster Bhupi Rana and two others in connection with the murder of Bhupesh Rana in Barwala on April 16.

The two others are Gaurav Roda, a resident of Barwala, and Kuldeep Chauhan of Naraingarh.

They were arrested in a joint operation of the crime branch of Sector 19 and Sector 26, Panchkula, with three pistols and 47 live cartridges after the police intercepted their Baleno car near the Panchkula dumping ground in Sector 23 on Sunday night. Bhupi was wanted in 25 cases lodged against him in Punjab and Haryana. The three accused were produced in a Panchkula court, which remanded them in five-day police custody.

Recently, the Ambala police had arrested Monu Rana. There was a rivalry between the Bhupi Rana gang and the Monu Rana gang in the region. Bhupesh Rana (27) was murdered on April 16 by members of the Bhupi Rana gang because of a gang war between the Bhupi Rana and Monu Rana gangs.

The Bhupi Rana gang is headed by Bhupinder Singh, alias Bhupi Rana, of Mohali, whereas the Monu Rana gang is headed by Shamsher Singh, alias Monu Rana, of Ambala.

A number of clashes have been reported between the two gangs in a war of supremacy in Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Karnal and Kurukshetra districts.

According to the police, Bhupesh Rana, who was a member of the Monu Rana gang, was murdered by the Bhupi Rana gang probably to avenge Mustak’s murder.

Bhupi Rana gang’s key member Mustak, a resident of Zirakpur, was allegedly murdered by Bhupesh Rana and other members of the Monu Rana gang on August 7, 2014, the police said.

A senior official of the Panchkula police said, “In 2014, both gangs had reached a compromise. However, later, when the Monu Rana gang headed towards Ambala, members of the Bhupi Rana gang chased them. Members of both gangs again had an encounter at Barara village. Members of the Monu Rana gang opened fire at the Bhupi Rana gang in which Mustak, Mohit and Ashok were injured. Mustak, who was critically injured, was admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, and later succumbed to the bullet injuries.”

In the Mustak murder case, the Panchkula police had arrested Bhupesh Rana, who was languishing in Ambala jail. Last year, he had come out on bail.

In January last year, Monu Rana was attacked on the premises of the Yamunanagar court when he was produced by the police in a murder case there. In that attack, Bhupi Rana gang members Sahil and Gaurav were involved. Both Sahil and Gaurav have also been named as the accused in the murder of Bhupesh Rana that took place on April 16.  

Bhupi Rana close to SAD leaders

Bhupi Rana, who was arrested on Sunday night, is one of the “dreaded gangsters” whose posters the Punjab Police have put up at various places in Punjab. Bhupi Rana is close to leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal. 

Was changing his location

Bhupi Rana was reportedly hiding in Sushant Lok in Gurugram and in Delhi. He was frequently changing his location in Gurugram and Delhi. 

FB account claims they were held in Gurugram

A Facebook account, in the name of gangster Dilpreet Singh Dahan, who is at present in the custody of the Mohali police, had posted at 7.41 pm on Sunday night that the Haryana Police arrested Bhupi Rana and Gaurav from Gurugram. However, Panchkula DCP Rajender Kumar Meena said these gangsters were arrested from Panchkula and an FIR was lodged against them under various Sections of the IPC and the Arms Act.