Police arrested two people in separate incidents and recovered three country-made weapons from their possession. The arrested people have been identified as Rajbir Singh alias Kala alias Nikku of Batala Road and Ajay Kumar of Subhash Colony.
Police seized one 9 mm caliber pistol with “USA” embossed on it, one country-made .315 bore pistol and five bullets from Rajbir and one .32 bore pistol and five bullets from Ajay Kumar.
Giving information, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Prabhjot Singh Virk said that Rajbir was arrested by the police patrol team from 88 Foot Road on Majitha Road after a tip-off that he was involved in anti-social activities. Police stopped the youth riding the bike who was later identified as Rajbir. The police also seized his motorcycle and during the search seized two country-made pistols from him. He was produced before a local court and brought on police remand for further investigation. He told that four years ago a case of robbery was registered against him in Sadar police station.
Similarly, the police also arrested Ajay Kumar, who was involved in the mass clash and firing incident that took place in 88 Foota area of Sadar police station area on the intervening night of March 10 and 11. Complainant Gurnam Singh had alleged that youths riding on two bikes were creating ruckus at midnight and when he went to the terrace and looked down into the street, unknown people fired about three bullets, which also hit the window of his house. ,
Assistant Commissioner of Police (North) Varinder Singh Khosa said police have identified four people named in the case, besides Nikku, who had supplied them with weapons. He said that raids are going on to arrest the remaining accused. Ajay was produced in the court and brought on police remand for further investigation.
