KAPURTHALA : Kapurthala police today arrested 5 persons with with arms , ammunition and vehicle while preparing to loot the petrol pump at Subhanpur road near kapurthala .
SSP kapurthala Mr Navneet singh Bains said that working on a tip , the police have arrested Navjot Sijgh @ Manni s/o Malkit singh , Ravipal singh @ Ravi s/o Vijay kumar , Karan Lahori @ s/o Ashok kumar , Sameer @ sheru s/o Baldev singh R/O Mushakved under the police station kotwali kapurthala and Sandeep singh @ Sabhi s/o Boota singh R/O Dheerpur village under police station Kartarpur when they were planning to loot the petrol pump .
SSP also said that a police party led by ASI sham singh made a raid at kanjli forest where the accused are planning for a crime .
During the raid 5 accused have been arrested while two made successful bid to run away from the spot .
The police party have also seized 2 pistols of 7.65 MM, 5 live , One revolver 32 bore and a vehicle .
He said that a case no 213 on September 11, 2022 has been registered at Thana city kapurthala under arms act with sections of 399 and 402.
It was also revealed during the primary investigation that Vijay kumar s/o Dalbir singh R/O Bheekha Nangal under PS Kartarpur have supplied them the arms and ammunition who
also led the Gang .
He was facing cases under arms act at PS Shambhu in district palatial in which 13 pistols were seized from his custody .