Two members of Chaura gang held, arms seized

The Punjab Police have arrested two key members of the Pavittar Chaura gang and seized four pistols and ammunition from them.

The arrests were made by AIG (Counter-Intelligence) Sukhminder Singh Mann from an undisclosed place in Batala police district.

Those arrested were identified as Kanwalpreet Singh, alias Kanwar, of Buttar Kalan village in Batala police district and Ranjit Singh of Gurdaspur police district. The seized weapons included one 9mm Glock pistol, one .30 bore pistol and two .32 bore pistols along with four magazines and 39 cartridges.

They were in regular touch with US-based gangster Pavittar Singh Chaura. He hails from Chaura village in Batala police district. The gangsters were carrying out activities in Punjab at the behest of Chaura. The arms seized by the police were meant to be distributed to criminals operating in Mahja.

Both Kanwarpreet Singh and Ranjit Singh have criminal history.