Six illegal weapons have been seized from the accused and a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the Arms Act and the Disaster Management Act has been registered, Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said on Tuesday.
Gupta said the weapons recovered from them included a 12 bore double-barrel rifle, a 32 bore Beretta pistol, two 32 bore pistols, a 12 bore pistol and a 315 bore pistol, along with two rounds each of 315 bore and 32 bore.
Accused Gurpreet Singh was reportedly in direct contact with several gangsters and drug smugglers currently in prison.
The DGP said Gurpreet's questioning had revealed that he was in direct contact with Shubham Batala, gangster and prime accused in the case of armed robbery of nearly Rs 7 crore from a jewellery shop in Amritsar in 2018.
Shubham was arrested in 2019 and is currently lodged in Central Jail in Amritsar.
Based on the forensic and technical investigation conducted so far, it has been found that Gurpreet was in contact with Shubham, and supplied weapons to his associates in Tarn Taran and Ferozepur areas.
The DGP further said on the basis of investigation of the team led by SSP Dhruv Dhaiya, three other associates of the gang, all residents of Ferozepur, have been identified.
They were found to be actively involved in supply of weapons into Tarn Taran.
He said Surya has been identified as another key associate of Shubham, who was involved in the illegal weapons' supply in coordination with Gurpreet.
Investigation revealed Gurpreet was in direct contact with Kuldip Singh, who is the brother of Ranjit Rana, the prime accused in the 532 kg heroin drug haul case, and arrested recently by the police.
Gupta said Kuldip, an accused in three cases of NDPS Act, including a case of 22 kg heroin registered in 2014 in Amritsar, is currently lodged in Central Jail in Amritsar.