CHANDIGARH/PATIALA, February 21:
Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Patiala Police has busted a target killing module being operated by foreign-based gangster Goldy Dhillon with the arrest of its two operatives from Rajpura, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
Those arrested have been identified as Malkit Singh alias Max, a native of village Rodala in Ajnala, Amritsar and presently residing in village Sempali in Fatehgarh Sahib and Sandeep Singh alias Deep, a resident of Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib.
Police teams have also recovered five pistols— including three .32 caliber, one .30 caliber and one .315 caliber country-made pistol— along with 15 cartridges and 1300 intoxicant tablets from their possession, besides, impounding their black-coloured Honda Activa Scooter (PB 23 AA 0795).
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that both the arrested accused persons were wanted in two criminal cases pertaining to extortion and were also tasked by their handler Goldy Dhillon to execute target killings in Mohali and Rajpura. Both the arrested accused persons have a history of criminal activities, with multiple cases pertaining to NDPS act, Arms Act, attempt to murder, extortion, dacoity, snatching, etc registered against them, he added.
The DGP said that further investigations are on to establish backward and forward linkages in this case. More arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days, he added.
Sharing operation details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patiala Nanak Singh said that police teams of Special Cell Rajpura received a reliable input that two operatives of Gangster Goldy Dhillon are on the way to deliver intoxicant tablets to someone at Sirhind-Rajpura road, following which, they have a plan to carry out a target killing in Rajpura.
Acting swiftly, the Special Cell Rajpura led by Inspector Harry Boparai launched an intelligence-based operation and managed to locate and arrest both the accused persons after recovering weapons and drugs from their possession, he said.
The SSP said that two prominent persons, who had also received threat calls from foreign-based gangster, were on target of the arrested accused persons. Further investigations are on, he added.
A case FIR no. 13 dated 19/2/2025 has been registered under section 22 of the NDPS act and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar Rajpura in Patiala.
