Punjab Police arrests gangster of Bambiha gang, his 2 aides

As part of its ongoing drive against drug trafficking, the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested a dreaded gangster associated with the Bambiha Gang, identified as Harpreet Singh alias Happy Bhullar, along with his two aides.

The other two arrested people have been identified as Rajwinder Singh and Parambir Singh alias Bobby. They were engaged in cross-border smuggling of weapons and drugs.

The police have recovered from the possession of the gangsters four pistols, including one.30 calibre and three.32 calibre, along with six magazines and 125 live cartridges, 1.05 kg heroin, Rs 78.27 lakh of drug money, seven gold bangles, 25 gold coins, four gold chains, seven gold rings, one silver chain, three cars including Skoda, Honda City, and Brezza, three motorcycles including Yamaha, Hero Deluxe, and Splendor, and 15 smart phones.

Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said huge success with the arrest of dreaded gangster Happy Bhullar, who is an infamous shooter of the Davinder Bambiha gang and wanted in two murder cases.

As per information, Bhullar is a history-sheeter and wanted for his involvement in two murders, including that of Jalandhar-based financier Gurmeet Singh alias Tinku and of Inderjit Singh alias Tinda, a rival gang member of the Jaipal group, and in two other cases registered in Ferozepur and UT Chandigarh.

Divulging more details regarding the preliminary investigation, Ban said the accused were involved in cross-border drug smuggling on a large scale and also have their footprints in Jammu and Kashmir.