Firing at Kap’s café : Goldy Dhillon gang operative held for supplying weapons

An operator of the Goldy Dhillon gang, Bandhu Maan Singh Sekhon of Jawaddi village, which is situated on the outskirts of Ludhiana, has been arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in connection with charges of supplying weapons in the firing incident that took place at Kapil Sharma’s café in Canada.

While the Delhi Police have already declared his arrest from Ludhiana during a raid conducted in the wee hours on Friday, the authorities in the police here showed ignorance about the development. Assistant Commissioner of Police (South) Harjinder Singh Gill said no formal information about the arrest of Sekhon from his residence at Jawaddi village had been received from Dugri police station.

Sources revealed that a high-standard classic pistol PX-3 and eight cartridges had been seized from Sekhon at the time of arrest by the Delhi Police. Investigations revealed that Sekhon was not directly involved in the firing incident, but he played an important role in planning the crime and providing weapons and vehicles to carry out the incident. He is facing several criminal cases already.

Sekhon’s name surfaced in the case after a gang smuggling weapons informed the Delhi Police during interrogation that they had supplied weapons to him in Ludhiana.

Investigations further revealed that Sekhon had first travelled to Canada in 2019 on an employment visa. He initially worked at various places, but later got involved in criminal activities after coming in contact with criminals. His name had earlier surfaced in an old arms supply case, but subsequently it was discovered that he had been a convicted criminal in Canada.

Sekhon is considered the operator of the Goldy Dhillon gang that is active both in India and Canada. He came in contact with the gang a long time ago and gradually became a key criminal within the organisation.

Delhi Police had received inputs that Sekhon had fled to India from Canada in panic after the vehicle used in the recent café shooting had been identified.