Probing into the community of Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gangs in Mohali, the crime investigating company (CIA) of the native police arrested their aide in Kharar on Wednesday.

The accused, Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Dana Mandi Bhikhi, Mansa, Punjab, was caught with two pistols and eight reside cartridges close to Jal Vayu Vihar in Kharar whereas he was commuting in a white Tata Safari automobile.

The arrest got here following the disclosure of Bishnoi’s shut affiliate Manpreet Singh, alias Manna, a resident of Talwandi Sabo, Punjab.

Giving particulars, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Vivek Sheel Soni mentioned on April 4, Mohali police acquired info that Manpreet was working his gang throughout Punjab from a Bathinda jail, along with his associates organising bases within the Chandigarh tricity space. Manpreet was additionally booked in an Arms Act case in Kurali in 2021.

On being dropped at Mohali on manufacturing warrant and interrogated, Manpreet revealed that Canada-based Goldy Brar had supplied them three pistols of 30 bore, 32 bore and 315 bore, to additional their legal actions, and shared info of their targets.

Following these disclosures, police arrested Gurpreet on Wednesday, and recovered a 32-bore pistol with six reside cartridges and a 315-bore pistol with two reside cartridges from his possession.

The SSP mentioned Gurpreet was accused of a homicide in Mansa district in November 2014. During his tenure in jails, he got here in touch with completely different gangsters aligned with Bishnoi.

He added that Gurpreet was being questioned and extra necessary disclosures had been anticipated from him.