21 hours Ago By Bharat Khanna
PATIALA: The police in Patiala busted a target killing module operated by foreign-based gangster Goldy Dhillon with the arrest of its two operatives from Rajpura, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday. Those arrested were identified as Malkit Singh alias Max, a native of village Rodala in Ajnala, Amritsar, and presently residing in village Sempali in Fatehgarh Sahib, and Sandeep Singh alias Deep, a resident of Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib. Police teams also recovered five pistols—including three .
32 calibre, one .30 calibre, and one .315 calibre country-made pistol—along with 15 cartridges and 1300 intoxicant tablets from their possession, besides impounding their black-coloured Honda Activa scooter.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations revealed that both the arrested accused were wanted in two criminal cases pertaining to extortion and were also tasked by their handler Goldy Dhillon to execute target killings in Mohali and Rajpura. “Both the arrested accused have a history of criminal activities, with multiple cases pertaining to the NDPS Act, Arms Act, attempt to murder, extortion, dacoity, snatching, etc., registered against them," he added.
Further investigations are on to establish backward and forward linkages in this case. More arrests and recoveries are likely in the coming days,” he added. Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) said that police teams of Special Cell Rajpura received reliable input that two operatives of Gangster Goldy Dhillon were on the way to deliver intoxicant tablets to someone at Sirhind-Rajpura road, following which, they had a plan to carry out a target killing in Rajpura.
Acting swiftly, the Special Cell Rajpura, led by Inspector Harry Boparai, launched an intelligence-based operation and managed to locate and arrest both the accused after recovering weapons and drugs from their possession, he said. The police said that two prominent persons, who also received threat calls from the foreign-based gangster, were on the target of the arrested accused. Further investigations are on, he added.
A case was registered under section 22 of the NDPS Act and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar Rajpura in Patiala. Stay informed with the latest India news, updates on public holidays , and bank holidays in March ..
