Another operative of Goldy Dhillon gang arrested

The police have arrested another operative of foreign-based gangsters Goldy Dhillon and Mandeep Spain during backward-linkage investigation on the module. This development follows the police action on November 12, in which the police, in a joint operation with AGTF, arrested 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 the retaliatory fire. Seven pistols and 70 live cartridges were recovered from them, said Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harman Deep Singh Hans, here on Thursday.

The arrested accused has been identified as Rajat Kumar, alias Rajan, a resident of Jansua village, Patiala.

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

The SSP stated that the accused has a criminal background with two previous cases related to snatching and Arms Act offences registered against him in Punjab and Haryana. Preliminary investigation has 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 26.11.2025, under Sections 109, 111, 221, 132 and 3(5) of BNS and Section 25 of the Arms Act, registered at the 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 eighty live cartridges have been recovered.