Another Goldy Dhillon gang member nabbed

The police arrested another operative of foreign-based gangsters Goldy Dhillon and Mandeep Spain amid the ongoing crackdown on the module. The arrested accused has been identified as Rajat Kumar alias Rajan, a resident of Jansua village, Patiala.

The development follows police action on November 12, when a joint operation with the AGTF led to the arrest of two shooters, and on November 26, when four shooters were apprehended by the AGTF after an exchange of fire near the Dera Bassi-Ambala highway.

During that operation, two police personnel were hit on their bulletproof jackets and two accused sustained injuries in retaliatory fire. Seven pistols and 70 live cartridges were seized from them, said Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harman Deep Singh Hans here on Thursday.

Following the earlier arrests of six operatives in two separate police actions, a special team under Dera Bassi DSP Bikramjit Singh Brar undertook backward-linkage investigation to identify remaining members of the module. During the probe, Rajat Kumar’s role surfaced, revealing that he had been facilitating movement, arranging shelter and providing weapons to other operatives. The police apprehended him near the Dera Bassi bus stand yesterday afternoon.

The SSP stated that the accused had a criminal background with two previous cases related to snatching and Arms Act offences registered against him in Punjab and Haryana. Preliminary investigation revealed that he came in contact with gang members during his jail term in 2019 and had recently been acting directly under the instructions of his handler, Mandeep (Spain), an aide of gangster Goldy Dhillon.

The accused was wanted in FIR No. 0345 dated November 26, 2025, under Sections 109, 111, 221, 132, 3(5) of BNS and Section 25 of the Arms Act, registered at Dera Bassi police station, said the SSP.

With this arrest, a total of seven operatives linked to the Goldy Dhillon module have been apprehended during the ongoing crackdown. So far, nine pistols and 80 live cartridges have been seized.