Shootout in Jalandhar: Gang war prevented, claim police

Police claim that gangsters Sukhwinder Singh “Bhau”, Sukhi Bidhipuria, and Fatehjeet Singh, who were arrested after a two-hour encounter here, had been planning to kill many rivals this week.

Police claim that gangsters Sukhwinder Singh “Bhau”, Sukhi Bidhipuria, and Fatehjeet Singh, who were arrested after a two-hour encounter at Jalandhar, had been planning to kill many rivals this week.

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They are members of the Gonder gang that had killed its rival, Sukha Kahalwan, before his police escorts on January 21. On May 26, Fatehjeet Singh and Ashu of Garhdiwala (Hoshiarpur) had freed Sukhi Bidhipuria from the custody of the Amritsar police on his way to a court hearing.

“Bidhipuria wanted to kill his girlfriend, suspecting that she had sent his pictures with her to his wife. The gang also planned to free another criminal, Perra, from the Gurdaspur jail to add to its numbers. Fatehjeet had a score to settle with Sukhdev of Phagwara.

On September 15, 2010, the Model Town police had booked gang members Bhau, Gonder, Navjot, and Rahul on the charges of murder, causing grievous hurt in extortion, and carrying illegal weapons,” said a senior police officer.

“The police never expected that the accused will fire at them. When ASI Jagdev Singh took a bullet, we coordinated a careful operation and captured the attackers,” the senior officer added.