LUDHIANA: A wanted gangster, with links to Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist
Kashmir Singh
Galwaddi and who has been a three-time national champion in boxing, was arrested along with two others during a drug bust involving 260 grams of
heroin near Doraha on Thursday night.
Apart from the drugs, Khanna resident Sukhwinder Singh Soni, alias Boxer, was caught with a pistol (.9mm), one magazine and six live cartridges. His accomplices have been identified as Vishal Kumar alias Kaka of Khanna and Jasdeep Singh Koki of
Patiala
. While Kaka was found in possession of a .32-bore pistol, a magazine, four live cartridges and .12-bore rifle, Koki was carrying a .32-bore pistol, two magazines and 10 live cartridges.
The three were travelling in a white-coloured Hyundai Verna. On the basis of inputs provided by the trio, police arrested Iqbalpreet Singh of
Fatehgarh Sahib
district with six grams of heroin. Ludhiana range DIG Ranbir Singh said they had gotten a tip-off that Boxer, Kaka, Koki, Iqbalpreet and three others were travelling in a car on the Neelon Canal Road with the heroin consignment.
On the basis of the tip-off, they laid a check post near Canal Bridge, Rampur. When police intercepted the car and checked it, they found the weapons and the drugs.
Shariq Majeed is a special correspondent with The Times of India’...
Read MoreShariq Majeed is a special correspondent with The Times of India’s Ludhiana bureau. He covers health, courts, district administration, crime, environment and politics. He enjoys listening to music, reading, watching cricket and driving.
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