Disclosing this in a press communique Mr. Vivek Sheel Soni, SSP Mohali said that the arrested persons are Gagandeep Singh alias Gaagi s/o Malkit Singh and Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi s/o Lakhwinder Singh.
He said that both are resident of Village Kingra, Dabbwali, District Sirsa, Haryana. He said that they have been arrested from near Dara Studio, Jujhar Nagar, Mohali . He said that two 32 calibre pistols have been recovered from them along with 08 live cartridges and a Scorpio vehicle car bearing no. HR 25 4845. A case FIR No. 73 dated 14-06-2022 u/s 25(7) & 8 Arms Act 1959 (as amended by Arms (amendment) Act 2019) registered against them at PS Balongi Distt SAS Nagar.
Mr. Vivek Sheel Soni further said that Gagandeep @ Gaagi and Gurpreet @ Gopi are regular in touch with Canada based gangster Godly Brar through gangster Manpreet Singh @ Manna, who provided Toyota Corolla car to assailants in Sidhu Moosewala Murder case. Recently, Manpreet Singh @ Manna was arrested in the Sidhu Moosewala murder.
Both the accused were working on the directions of Goldy Brar and indulged in illegal weapons smuggling from border area of Punjab & Rajasthan and further deliver it to the shooters on the directions of foreign based handler Godly Brar.
Mr. Soni said that acting on a tip off, an operation was launched by the Mohali police along with a team of Anti Gangster Task Force. Both the Gagandeep @ Gaagi and Gupreet @ Gopi were arrested along with arms and ammunitions while they were on their way to deliver consignment of weapons. Further investigation is in process.