About 30 rounds were fired from both sides.
A mafia member escaped from the scene injured and later arrested
Amritsar Crime News (Aaj Samaj), Amritsar: As part of the ongoing drive against criminals, the Commissioner of Police found success in the early hours of Thursday when police arrested one after an encounter with gangsters. However, a gangster managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness. Police teams chased him and arrested him. Giving information in this regard, the police officer said that this encounter took place near Tarawala Bridge around 3 am today, Thursday.
During this time, when an attempt was made to control the gangster, he opened fire on the police. In retaliation by the police, both gangsters were shot. One of them did not manage to escape due to gunshot wounds to the legs. He was arrested by police and admitted to hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, his other companion managed to escape. However, later the police also arrested him. Two pistols and two magazines have also been recovered from the detained criminal. They are both residents of Tarn Taran. Police are now busy gathering information about their contacts with both criminals.
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The colleague who came to rescue the terrorist in Kapurthala arrested
In another case, the Kapurthala police managed to arrest the terrorist’s companion who had gone to seek his discharge from the hospital. Giving information in this regard, SSP Kapurthala Vatsala Gupta intensified the investigation to expose this terrorist module in the press conference. He said the defendants had already made plans. When suspected KLF terrorist Jashnpreet Singh alias Jashn, who had left the Civil Hospital emergency for medical treatment, called his colleague Amritpal, a resident of Bachade Tarn Taran village, to the Civil Hospital.
According to the police, Jashnpreet’s escape was already planned. During this, Amritpal fired at the police officers present there, but no one was injured by the bullet. Dodging, Jashanpreet Singh Amritpal fled from there on a bicycle. Given this, the PCR team chased him and caught him near the vegetable market. While chasing, Amritpal Singh also fired at the police team.
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