Police arrested Harbir Singh Sohal, an confederate of infamous gangsters Jaipal Singh Bhullar, from Kharar city in Mohali district on Friday.

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Addressing a press convention, Mohali senior superintendent of police Vivek Sheel Soni mentioned appearing on a tip-off, a particular operation was launched on Thursday night time and Sohal, a Punjabi singer and lyricist from Pindi Aulakh village in Amritsar district, was arrested with arms and Ammunition, whereas his aide, Amritpal Singh, escaped.

“We had data that Harbir Sohal and Amritpal Singh, alias Satta of Fatehgarh Sahib, have been hiding in Kharar. Arshdeep Singh, alias Arash Dalla of Moga, now primarily based in Canada and his affiliate Gurjant Singh, alias Janta son of Sikander Singh from Fatehgarh Sahib now primarily based in Australia, have been dealing with each accused and giving them directions.

Sohal and Amritpal have been accumulating extortion cash on behalf of their handlers primarily based overseas.

A case was registered below Sections 384 and 34 IPC and 25 sub part 7,8 Ammunition Act on the Kharar police station towards each accused.

The police recovered two .30-caliber Chinese pistols, three magazines, 50 cartridges together with 4 9-mm pistol magazines.

The Mohali SSP mentioned Sohal was absconding from the day two ASIs of Jagraon police have been killed by Jaipal Singh and Jaspreet Singh, alias Jassi. During investigation, Sohal admitted that Jaipal had purchased property in his and his relations’ identify with the money he had amassed after committing robberies, together with the Banur money van of 2017 ( 1.33 crore) and gold loot 30kg at IIFL, Ludhiana, in 2020.