Intense shootout between police party and gangsters in Jalandhar, Two associates of terrorist Landa held with weapons

Arrested gangsters were involved in multiple heinous crimes including extortion and many other criminal activities in many districts of Punjab.

Jalandhar: In Jalandhar, two associates of terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa Harike alias Landa have been arrested by the police after an encounter. The police have arrested the accused with illegal weapons and cartridges. A gangster has been shot in the leg in the incident. The information about the arrest of associates and recovery of weapons has been shared by Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav.

Jalandhar police team got engaged in an intense shootout and later arrested two associates of the Landa group. DGP Yadav added that 50-plus shots were fired from both sides during the intense shoot resulting in injuries to both police officers and gangsters. As per information, 2 police officials were injured in the high-stakes chase.

On the other hand, the gangsters also sustained injuries. Arrested gangsters were involved in multiple heinous crimes including extortion and many other criminal activities in many districts of Punjab.

The police party team recovered a total of 7 illegal weapons along with multiple cartridges. DGP Yadav affirmed that Punjab police is fully committed to knock-down the organized crime nexus.

Sharing more details, CP Jalandhar Swapan Sharma said that arrested individuals were involved in numerous heinous crimes including extortion, murder and attempt to murder. The accused persons were also instrumental in providing logistical support to other gang members and supplying weapons to criminal outfits, he added.
The CP said that preliminary investigations have revealed both the gangsters were directly in touch with Landa and were hatching a conspiracy to eliminate two people belonging to their rival gang.
He said that injured gangsters and police officers have been undergoing medical treatment at local hospital. Further investigations are underway to uncover their network and possible linkages to other criminal groups, he added.