7 linked to Bambiha gang arrested in Faridkot murder case
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Bathinda: Faridkot police, with help from counter-intelligence and the Anti-Gangster Task Force, arrested seven people for either being involved in the July 22 murder of a Mohali resident in Bahamwala village or providing logistics to the shooters.
The accused are said to be linked to the Bambiha gang. Four weapons were recovered from them.
Those arrested have been identified as three shooters: Chinki of Jaito, Gumbar Rajput, and Manpreet Singh of Jalalabad in Fazilka. Four others who provided ammunition, money, and shelter have been identified as Suraj Kumar of Sirsa in Haryana, Jaswant Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, and Bunty from Ferozepur district.
Three unidentified persons on a bike fired at driver Yadwinder Singh, mistaking him for Jiwanjot Chahal, who is an accused in the slain rapper Sidhu Moosewala case, at Bahmanwala village in Faridkot on July 22.
Earlier, when police took the main accused, Chinki, for the recovery of the motorcycle used in the crime on July 27 upon his arrest from Sirsa, he fired at the police party and sustained a bullet injury in retaliatory firing.
Faridkot Range DIG Ashwani Kapur and Faridkot senior superintendent of police Pragya Jain said during initial investigations, it came to light that Lucky Patial of the Bambiha gang conspired to kill Jiwanjot Chahal to take revenge for the killing of gang member Deepak Mann in the past, but his driver Yadwinder was killed.
The SSP said ammunition and money to the three shooters were sent by Malaysia-based Piyush Pahalwan and his father, Jaswant Singh.
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