Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Gangsters Landa, Brar booked for pushing arms, drugs into Punjab

- Anil Sharma anil.kumar@htlive.com

: The state special operations cell (SSOC) of the Punjab Police have booked nine persons, including Canadabase­d gangsters Lakhbir Singh, alias Landa Harike, and Satwinder Singh alias Goldy Brar, for smuggling big consignmen­ts of arms, ammunition, explosives and drugs from across the border using drones, police said on Tuesday..

The other accused named in the first informatio­n report (FIR) include Satbir Singh, alias Satta, presently living in Greece, Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Sanghera, who was killed in Italy at the instance of Landa on Sunday, Gurpartap Singh, alias Sherry, also living abroad, Nobalpreet Singh of Kot Dharam Chand village in Tarn Taran, Kulwinder Singh, alias Rinku, of Gharinda, Onkar Singh of Beas and Sukhbir Singh of Amritsar. They were in contact with Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Harvinder Singh, alias Rinda, who died reportedly due to drug overdose in Pakistan on Saturday.

The FIR was registered under various sections of the IPC, Arms, Explosives, NDPS, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Acts at the SSOC’S Amritsar police station on the complaint of a Punjab Police inspector. It reads that the network of gangsters spread in India, Pakistan, America, Europe is sending a cache of arms to Punjab .

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? BSF troops on a vigil amid foggy conditions.
HT PHOTO BSF troops on a vigil amid foggy conditions.

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