Two sharpshooters of Davinder Bambiha gang in police net

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Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 7

The Sector 26 crime branch of the local police today claimed to have arrested two sharpshooters of Davinder Bambiha gang.

‘Had murdered gangster on June 15’

• The two suspects had shot dead an Ambala’s local gangster, Jeetu, alias Diwakar, in broad daylight on June 15 this year, said the police.
• An FIR was lodged under Sections 34, 120B and 302 of the Indian Penal Code and under the Arms Act against the duo and seven others at the Ambala Cantt police station.

The suspects, identified as Saurabh, alias Mau, and Arjun, alias Ajju, both residents of Ambala, were nabbed on Friday evening. The police recovered a 9-mm pistol from their possession.

They were the prime accused in the murder of a 35-year-old man, Jeetu, alias Diwakar, in Ambala Cantontment on June 15 this year, the police said, adding that the victim was a local gangster.

The two notorious criminals were previously working for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang but later joined the rival Davinder Bambiha gang.

The suspects had committed several heinous crimes in different districts of the region in the past, added the police.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Raj Kumar said a team of the crime branch, led by Inspector Aman Kumar, rounded up the suspects near an eatery on the Nalagarh road in Pinjore after receiving secret information about their presence in the area.

“During the initial interrogation, it came to light that the suspects were roaming around to carry out a crime, apparently attack members of the rival gang. They were waiting for instructions from their accomplice Diljeet, alias Babu, but got nabbed,” said Inspector Aman Kumar, incharge of the Sector 26 crime branch.

“Both suspects are also facing several cases, including murder, attempt to murder, Arms Act and assault, in Ambala, Yamunanagar and Dera Bassi (Mohali) among other districts,” he added. The suspects were produced in a local court today, which sent them to judicial custody.