Gangster Jassa Happowal injured in firing while trying to flee from police custody in Zirakpur’s Peermuchalla
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Mohali, December 13
Gangster Jassa Happowal was injured in police firing while trying to flee from police custody in Zirakpur’s Peermuchalla.
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He was arrested recently and was involved in six murder cases and other heinous crimes.
The Hoshiarpur resident, an undertrial, was brought handcuffed to Peermuchalla to recover a hidden pistol used in an earlier crime. A pistol and five live cartridges have been recovered from the spot.
He had committed six murders since February 2021 and three in October this year, said Sandeep Goel, AIG, AGTF.
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He was an operative of foreign-based gangster Rajesh Kumar, alias Sonu Khatri, and Jaspreet Singh, alias Jassa Mohanwalia.
Happowal was also allegedly involved in the sensational double-murder of a woman and daughter at Bhojowal village in Jalandhar (rural) in October. Counter-Intelligence, Jalandhar, had earlier nabbed him on November 30.
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