Punjab Police cell arrests gangster Baljit Chaudhary, 2 accomplices

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 13

The State Special Operation Cell of the Punjab Police arrested gangster Baljit Chaudhary and his two accomplices, Gurpreet Singh, alias Pamma, and Vikas Kumar on Monday.

The police also recovered two illegal .32 bore revolvers and 20 cartridges from their possession.

Disclosing this here today, Varinderpal Singh, AIG, Counter Intelligence Wing, said the police had received a tip-off that gangster Baljit Chaudhary, a resident of Mundia Kalan in Ludhiana, was seen roaming in the Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib areas. On the basis of the information, various teams were formed under the leadership of Counter Intelligence Wing DSP Gurcharan Singh to track down the gangster.

According to the police, Chaudhary was arrested at a barricade on the Sirhind-Delhi highway. A .32 revolver and 15 cartridges were recovered from him. He was going to visit Gurpreet Singh, alias Pamma, and Vikas in Rajpura to collect ammunition from them. From there, he had a plan to go Delhi.

Following his arrest, Pamma, a resident of Mastgarh village in Mohali, and Vikas Kumar, a resident of Dadu Majra, Sector 38-West in Chandigarh, were also nabbed from the Rajpura-Delhi highway. A.32 bore revolver and five cartridges were recovered from them, said the police.

DSP Gurcharan Singh said the trio was produced before a Mohali court, which sent them to three-day police remand.

According to the police, Chaudhary was wanted in more than 16 criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder and dacoity. In the past, he has been an active leader of PUSU, a student organisation. Chaudhary was involved in several crimes that took place in the tricity in the recent past, including murder of a chartered accountant, Arun Sharma, in Kharar, firing in the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, and rape of a model in Sector 11, Chandigarh.

A case has been registered against the suspects under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the State Special Operation Cell police station in Phase 1, Mohali.