Punjab: CI police arrest 6 members of Kaushal Gang with weapons

Chandigarh, Jan 27 (UNI) Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar foiled a major target killing in Punjab by arresting six members of the Kaushal Chaudhary Gang, including key associates Puneet Lakhanpal, alias Sharma, and Narinder Kumar, alias Lalli, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on X on Monday.

DGP Yadav said that the arrested accused were evading arrests for the last 3 years; they were directly involved in the murders of Kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Nangal Ambian (2022) and Sukhmeet Singh, alias Deputy (2021). They were also involved in firing indiscriminately at the Highway King Hotel in Rajasthan and demanding an extortion of Rs 5 crore in September 2024.

Police recovered 6 sophisticated weapons and 40 live cartridges from them.

He said an FIR has been registered at PS SSOC, Amritsar.

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