Triple murder accused to be remanded from Maharashtra to Punjab today

“A team of Punjab Police, which left Aurangabad for Ferozepur at 2 pm today, will bring the accused here tomorrow evening,” said Randhir Kumar, Superintendent of Police (Investigation).

Based on intelligence inputs from the Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), Maharashtra Police on Friday arrested six shooters and their car driver from the Samruddhi highway tunnel after a joint night operation.

The arrested persons are Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopy Baba, of Chohla Sahib in Tarn Taran; Prince of Kunde village in Ferozepur; Ravinder Singh, alias Ravi, alias Sukhu, Sukhchain Singh, Akshay, alias Bagicha, and Rajbeer Singh, alias Daler Singh, all residents of Basti Bagh Wali in Ferozepur. They are known to be close associates of Ashish Chopra, a fugitive who is currently abroad on a fake passport.

They are accused of attacking a car with five passengers in Ferozepur on Tuesday. Three of the passengers, all relatives, were shot dead. Among the dead was Dildeep Singh, who was facing two murder cases and was also charged under the Arms Act.

“A preliminary police investigation revealed that the incident was the result of rivalry between two gang groups,” said Gaurav Yadav, Attorney General of Punjab.

The arrested persons have a criminal past and have cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery, NDPS Act, Arms Act, etc. against them. In addition, Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopy Baba, has been declared a convicted offender in two cases.

Saumya Mishra, senior superintendent of police of Ferozepur, said the joint operation based on information from the AGTF led to the arrest of seven accused, while one of the accused was earlier nabbed by the local police.

Based on the statement of Charanjeet Kaur, Dildeep's mother, a case was registered against eight identified and three unidentified persons. The seven were booked at Ferozepur city police station under Sections 103, 109, 351(2), 191(3), 190 and 61(2) of the BNS Act, 2023 and Sections 25(6) and 25(7) of the Arms Act.