THE ANTI-GANGSTER Process Drive (AGTF) of the Punjab Police on Saturday arrested Harwinder Singh alias Jugnu Walia, a “shut aide” of jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mohali.
Punjab Director Normal of Police (DGP), Gaurav Yadav, mentioned that Jugnu Walia — who’s a history-sheeter and was dealing with a number of prison instances pertaining to homicide, try and homicide, extortion, and many others — was wished in Uttar Pradesh in a number of prison instances and the police had introduced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for info resulting in his arrest.
Police have recovered one .32 caliber pistol together with six stay cartridges, overseas forex value lakhs, one Skoda automotive and two walkie-talkie units from the possession of Walia.
DGP Gaurav Yadav mentioned that performing on dependable inputs, police groups from AGTF — headed by ADGP Promod Ban and assisted by AIG Sandeep Goel — carried out a particular operation and arrested Walia from Mohali. The police groups had been led by DSP Rajan Parminder and DSP Ramandeep Singh.
ADGP Promod Ban mentioned that an FIR had been registered and additional investigation is on.
Police mentioned a case below sections 25 (7,8) of the Arms Act and part 120-B (prison conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered on the state Crime Police Station towards Walia.
Walia has a complete of 25 instances in Lucknow and is a historysheeter at Alambagh police station within the state capital.
Born and introduced up in Lucknow’s Alambagh space, Walia has been absconding for 2 years and is needed in a case of homicide of a restaurant proprietor, Jaswinder Singh. The alleged homicide occurred on October 28, 2021.
“Walia has instances towards him at Alambagh, Hazratganj and Manak Nagar police stations. He has instances below a number of IPC sections and below the Gangsters’ Act. He had a reward of Rs 1 lakh,” mentioned Station Home Officer, Alambagh, Brijesh Yadav.
“Walia’s properties value crores have been connected during the last one yr or so by administration as a part of proceedings within the instances towards him,” added Yadav.
Walia is accused of murdering material service provider Amanpreet Singh in January, 2019, and was arrested within the case. “Out on bail, Walia was accused of murdering a restaurant proprietor on October 28, 2021,” mentioned a senior police officer.