A shootout occurred between the police’s ANTF (Anti-Narcotics Task Force) and four men in a car in the Ludhiana district of Punjab on Saturday night. The men in the car fired at the police, and the police retaliated. During the exchange of fire, one of the men was shot in the waist. The police apprehended him and took him to the civil hospital, while the other three men were taken into custody.
Police interrogation revealed that these men were involved in supplying heroin. The police recovered 305 grams of heroin from them.
Police set up a cordon based on intelligence
According to reports, the police had received information that four young men were traveling in a car carrying weapons. Based on this information, the police surrounded them near a petrol pump in Lohara. When the police cordoned them off, one of the men started firing at the police and attempted to flee in the car.
The police then returned fire and apprehended three of the men, while the fourth was shot. The injured man was identified as Taranpreet Singh of Lohara and was admitted to the civil hospital. According to doctors, he tried to escape from the hospital as well, but the staff apprehended him.
The arrested accused have been identified as Taranpreet Singh, a resident of Daba; Kuldeep Singh alias Deep, a resident of Fateh Singh Nagar; Sukhdev Singh alias Sunny, a resident of Gidri village, Doraha; and Sukhpreet Singh, a resident of Tibba village, Sahnewal.
305 grams of heroin and a country-made pistol were recovered
ASI Kapil Kumar, in-charge of the Marado police post, said that the FIR has been registered based on the statement of ASI Sukhdev Singh of the ANTF. 305 grams of heroin, a car, a country-made pistol, and 4 live cartridges were recovered from the accused. All the arrested accused have criminal records and have been involved in drug trafficking cases before.
Firing on police during the roadblock
The ANTF received a tip-off, following which the team set up a roadblock on Saturday night. The police tried to stop a suspicious vehicle, but the occupants attempted to flee and fired at the police team. In the police’s retaliatory action, the accused, Taranpreet Singh, was shot in the waist. He was apprehended in his injured state and sent to the hospital for treatment. Later, the police also arrested three other accused.