CHANDIGARH/LUDHIANA: In a major breakthrough against criminal networks as part of the ongoing drive to eliminate gangster culture in the state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, a joint team of the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab and Ludhiana Commissionerate Police on Sunday averted a mass shooting bid and neutralised two armed operatives belonging to the notorious Doni Bal gang during an encounter near Atam Park Under Bridge here.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Ludhiana Swapan Sharma has identified the deceased assailants as Karanjot Singh alias Nona and Sandeep Singh, both residents of Sultanwind Road, Amritsar. Police teams have recovered three sophisticated automatic pistols along with around 50 live cartridges from their possession.
“During the hot chase, the assailants continuously fired multiple shots at the joint police party, and two bullets hit the official police vehicle. Exercising retaliatory fire in self-defence, the police team neutralised both armed attackers on the spot,” said the CP.
CP Swapan Sharma revealed that preliminary investigations showed the neutralised assailants were directly in touch with gangster Doni Bal and Shaganpreet, and were tasked with orchestrating a mass shooting at a blood donation camp, organized at Marryland Palace on Dugri Road, Ludhiana on Sunday.
