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Gujarat ATS detains Jaggu Bhagwanpuria aide in Punjab firing case
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has detained Sukhpinder Singh, an alleged aide of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, in connection with a July firing incident in Punjab's Gurdaspur district. The ATS picked him up from…
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has detained Sukhpinder Singh, an alleged aide of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, in connection with a July firing incident in Punjab's Gurdaspur district. The ATS picked him up from a hotel in Palanpur, Banaskantha, on August 22 after a tip-off. Punjab Police have been informed and the handover process is under way.
Sukhpinder Singh is accused of opening fire near the shop of a local resident in Batala tehsil on July 20. He was booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act. During questioning, he admitted to the attack alongside three associates, the ATS said. He then fled through Delhi, Hyderabad and Nanded before reaching Palanpur. He has a criminal record in Punjab and Gujarat and spent nine months in a Dubai jail in 2021 on a drugs case.
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Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, once an aide of the late gangster Vicky Middukhera, has been building a cross-border network stretching from Punjab into Gujarat and Rajasthan. The ATS detention underlines how rival syndicates use smaller towns like Palanpur, which sits on a porous Rajasthan border, as transit hubs. For Punjab Police, the arrest provides a chance to question Sukhpinder Singh about the July 20 firing and any wider gang strategy. The handover to Punjab authorities will determine how quickly the state can consolidate evidence under the new criminal codes. A court appearance in Gurdaspur is the next concrete step to watch.
Source: indiatoday.in
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