Ludhiana: Gangster with terror links caught in Doraha drug bust

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.