Shimla, Apr 25 (PTI) A notorious gangster and seven of his associates were arrested on Saturday from Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district by Punjab’s Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) in coordination with the state police, officials said.
The accused have been identified as Punjab-based gangster Harpreet Singh and his aides Ram Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Satnam alias Sagar, Sikandar, Rajbindar, Komal and Talwinder Kaur, the police officials said.
They said Punjab Police received a tip-off that the accused reached Manikaran on Thursday and were staying in a hotel there. Acting promptly, police tracked their movement and with the help of Kullu police, nabbed them near Shilha while they were returning to Manikaran from Barshaini.
According to police, Harpreet has several serious criminal cases registered against him, with the latest registered on April 20 for allegedly opening fire at a person’s house in a bid to extort money.
Kullu Superintendent of Police Madan Lal Kaushal said this successful operation was the result of coordination between Punjab and local police.
“All the arrested accused are being interrogated,” he said. PTI COR DIV DIV
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