Ludhiana: Six back-to-back gang wars in three days at three points have forced police to book dozens of accused and arrest nine, including three minors. Those arrested are from the rival gangs of Shubham Arora and Puneet Bains.
An elusive Vishal Gill, wanted for dacoity and attempt to murder, is again found involved. Two of the five latest FIRs (first-information reports) against 15 people include Gill’s name. On May 15, his band had tried to kill Karan Kalia of the rival gang. On August 14, 2020, Gill and his men were charged with looting a gambling den of Rs 14.5 lakh.
The series of clashes started on June 3 around 9.30pm, when the henchmen of jailed gangsters Shubham Arora and Puneet Bains came face to face at a wedding in Division Number 3. An hour later, they created a ruckus at Hargobind Nagar, where they vandalised the parked vehicles of residents. To avenge for that night, the Shubham gang fired upon Puneet Bains’ cousin Major Sandhu in Moti Nagar but he escaped unhurt.
Cop dies on-duty in ludhiana. (representative)
LUDHIANA: Inspector Baljinder Singh, 50, who was posted as the officiating SHO of Daresi police station, died due to a cardiac arrest on Sunday morning. Special checkposts have been established in the city in the wake of ‘ghalughara’ and Baljinder was present at the one near Shivpuri when he complained of pain in chest.
Sub-inspector Davinder Singh, who is the Daresi police station SHO, went on leave after contracting Covid-19. About 10 days ago, Baljinder was appointed as the officiating SHO.
Prior to this, Baljinder was posted in Mohali. About 15 days ago, he was transferred to Ludhiana commissionerate.
Ludhiana: The police booked Anuradha Nagar, a former BJP councillor, and her husband Satish Nagar for not conducting the police verification of their tenants. The police had earlier arrested two tenants of the Nagar family under the NDPS Act and also recovered 1.29 lakh intoxicating pills from their possession that were kept at a building owned by Anuradha Nagar in Chhawni Mohalla.
The FIR has been lodged under Section 188 (disobedience to the order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC. On Tuesday, the Division 4 police had arrested Anoop Kumar Sharma and Hemant, tenants of the Nagar family, for drug peddling. The police had also booked Satish Nagar, who too is a former BJP councillor, but are not divulging his role in the case.