Killing of Jagraon ASIs: Fugitive Jaipal Bhullar’s accomplice held

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 31

The Punjab Police nabbed an aide of drug smuggler Jaipal Bhullar, a fugitive wanted for the killing of CIA ASIs Bhagwan Singh and Dalwinderjit Singh at the Jagraon grain market on May 15.

Linked to murder of two ASIs

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• Lucky had allegedly helped the killers of two ASIs at the Jagraon grain market on May 15 in fleeing the state
• He is also wanted in the kidnapping case of a Mohali resident wherein Rs1.20-crore ransom was demanded

A police department spokesperson said in an intelligence-led operation, a team deputed by Ludhiana CP Rakesh Agrawal arrested Lucky Rajput, alias Lucky, from the Khanpur canal bridge. Lucky, a resident of Ludhiana, had aided the ASIs’ killers in fleeing the state. The police have recovered a .32 country-made pistol, three cartridges, two bikes and a Fiat Punto car from his possession. This comes two days after the police arrested two of the main suspects in the Jagraon case — Darshan Singh, and Baljinder Singh, alias Babbi — from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Lucky, who was convicted in a 2008 murder case, is also wanted by the Dehlon police in a car snatching case of November 2020. Lucky disclosed to the police that he along with Jaipal Bhullar, Darshan Singh and Baljinder Singh had snatched an i10 car at gunpoint from the Malerkotla road (under Dehlon police station) in November 2020. The spokesperson said during his time at the Ludhiana Central Jail, Lucky came in contact with Darshan and Baljinder, who later introduced him to gangster-turned-drug smuggler Jaipal Bhullar.

Whenever Jaipal used to pass through Ludhiana, Lucky and Darshan would escort his vehicle in their car to give advance information about police checkpoints en route, he said. Lucky was also wanted in the kidnapping case of Mohali resident Pritpal Singh, alias Bobby. On December 12, 2020, Lucky had thrashed Bobby and demanded Rs 1.5 crore in ransom. However, after Bobby’s condition deteriorated, Lucky and his associates left the victim in his car after snatching Rs 86,000.