Wanted Punjab gangster Tirath Singh in police net
Close Gounder aide held at special checkpoint on ChandigarhLudhiana highway; revolver and cartridges seized
JALANDHAR: Continuing its crackdown on Punjab gangsters, the state police on Saturday arrested dreaded contract killer Tirath Singh, 28, at a checkpoint on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway. Among the state’s top five gangsters, Tirath worked closely with Jaipal, Vicky Gounder and Prem Lahoria. While Gounder and Lahoria were killed in an encounter in January on the Punjab-Rajasthan border, Jaipal is on the run.
JALANDHAR: Continuing its crackdown on Punjab gangsters, the state police on Saturday arrested dreaded contract killer Tirath Singh, 28, at a checkpoint on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway.
Among the state’s top five gangsters, Tirath worked closely with Jaipal, Vicky Gounder and Prem Lahoria. While Gounder and Lahoria were killed in an encounter in January on the Punjab-Rajasthan border, Jaipal is on the run.
“A resident of Dhilwan in Faridkot, Tirath, was arrested at I am by a team of Khanna police, led by DSP Ranjit Singh and CIA inspector Baljinder Singh, who had laid a special naka on a tip off near the Bodli T-point,” inspector general of police Arpit Shukla told reporters here. Tirath was held from an Indica car with a .30 bore revolver and 6 live cartridges.
“An A category hardcore gangster, Tirath carried a reward of Rs two lakh on his head and was involved in various contract killings, extortion rackets, drug trade and highway robberies,” added Shukla.
He said Tirath along with Gounder, Rummy Masana, Lahoria, Neeta Deol and Gurpreet Singh Sekhon had killed gangster Sukha Kahlwan in Phagwara when police were taking him back to Nabha jail after a hearing in Jalandhar court. Later, Tirath killed gangster Rocky Fazilka with Jaipal in Himachal Pradesh.
He is wanted in multiple heinous crime cases at police stations in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. He was declared a proclaimed offender on February 26, 2013.
Two weeks ago, Faridkot senior superintendent of police Nanak Singh had met Tirath’s family and urged them to make him surrender.
Punjab Police have decided to honour cops, who have nabbed Tirath. IG said a constable who was part of the team has been promoted as ASI.
“An ASI has been elevated to the rank of a sub-inspector. While DSP Ranjit and inspector Baljinder would be rewarded with DGP disc.