The Davinder Bambhia’s group on Tuesday, through a Facebook post, took responsibility for the murder of Former councillor Sukhmeet Singh alias Sukhmeet Deputy, who was gunned down in broad daylight on June 21 near Workshop Chowk of Gopal Nagar in Jalandhar.
They claimed that their group member named Puneet had killed Sukhmeet Deputy in Jalandhar over ‘personal rivalry’. They through their post claimed that Puneet had warned Deputy several times to mind his own business and not to work against him by colluding with anti-party.
“Sukhmeet Deputy never paid heed to our advice and kept on working against us and even he used to share secret information of our group with the anti-parties, therefore, we were left with no option but to kill him”, they said.
They even left a warning for others and said “those who are working against us ( Davinder Bambhia group) or are hand in gloves with our anti-parties, please take care of yourselves”.
Sukhmeet Singh Deputy (43) was released recently from jail after serving a life sentence in a kidnapping and extortion case that dated back to 2008. He was involved in kidnapping the son of a real estate developer of Jalandhar and had collected a ransom of Rs 1 crore for his safe release. Police had cracked the case and he was sentenced to life in prison in 2011, along with five others.
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Bambiha, also known as sharpshooter, was shot dead in an encounter in Rampur Phool town by the Bathinda police. He was then facing over 15 cases including six of murder and others include attempt to murder and dacoity.
Meanwhile, his close associates are believed to be still running his group and are involved in various crimes in Punjab and outside the state.