Sekhon bought licensed weapons from gun houses
Aman Sood
Tribune News Service
Patiala, February 12
The firearms recovered from Nabha jailbreak mastermind Gurpreet Singh Sekhon and other gangsters today had been deposited with gun houses in Moga district after the enforcement of the model code of conduct.
The police said these weapons were licensed. “A preliminary interrogation suggests that Sekhon and his cousin got in touch with a weapon dealer in Moga and bought a revolver and a pistol. These weapons were used to take away two cars recently in Punjab,” the police said, adding that the Moga police had been tasked with tracing the weapon dealer.
“The accused were planning a major crime in the state,” said AIG (Counter Intelligence) Gurmeet Chauhan.
Four police teams from Punjab and the police departments of six other states had been on the lookout for Sekhon, who hails from Mudki in Ferozepur district.
Sources said the gangster left for Rajasthan soon after the jailbreak and remained truck-borne. “He worked as a cleaner and did not use his phone during the first fortnight,” they said.
The sources said Sekhon stayed in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) for some time, apparently unaware that jailbreak co-accused, Kulpreet Singh alias Neeta Deol, was also staying there. It is learnt that Sekhon recently returned to Punjab and got in touch with his family members and cousins.
His cousin, Manvir Sekhon, was also arrested today. The police brought the accused here to the CIA office, where cops grilled them.
Meanwhile, a police team head said on the condition of anonymity, “During the manhunt, we travelled to six states over the past several weeks and spent nights in vehicles. We even spent almost Rs 1 lakh each from our own pockets.”
