Jalandhar police claimed to have arrested three members of the Preet Phagwara gang with arms and
ammunition on Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Seth Lal alias Sethi, Raj Pal alias Paali
and Rajesh Kumar alias Raja.
Addressing a press conference, Commissioner of Police, Gursharan Singh Sandhu said that in an
operation led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Investigation, Jaskiranjit Singh Teja, police
arrested the accused on a tip-off at a police checkpoint at Y-point near Bhagat Singh colony. He stated
that police have also seized 12 weapons including 5 pistols of .32 mm, 1 revolver of .32mm, 4 country
made weapons of .315 mm and 2 country-made weapons of .12 mm.
Commissioner Sandhu also said that three accused are linked with Rajneesh alias Preet (Preet Phagwara
gang) who is currently in Ferozpur jail for killing Abdul Rasheed of Malerkotla. “Rajneesh alias Preet has
20 previous cases registered against him related to murders, smuggling of narcotics, the Prisons Act, and
much more. The accused brought the weapons on the orders of Rajneesh alias Preet. We are planning to
bring Preet to Jalandhar on production warrant to dig out detailed information on the case,”
Commissioner added.
Teja also mentioned that these accused, who also have previous cases registered against them, were
planning to smuggle weapons at the direction of Preet, who is a gangster and has links with the Jaggu
Bhagwanpuria gang.
Source: Hindustan Times
