Chandigarh: Punjab government dismissed Thursday DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu in connection with a September 2022 interview of Lawrence Bishnoi while the gangster was in custody at the premises of police’s Crime Investigation Agency Mohali’s Kharar.The dismissal order was signed by state home secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh. It noted that Sandhu, under suspension since October 2024,…
PILIBHIT/GURDASPUR: Photographs of Gurvinder Singh, Jasanpreet Singh, and Varinder Singh – alleged operatives of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) gunned down in UP on Monday – released by Punjab police, along with the images of their bodies after the encounter in Pilibhit, have raised questions about the sequence of events. The three men were killed…
NEW DELHI: In a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police, three pro-Khalistan terrorists were injured in an encounter in Pilibhit district on Monday.Authorities reported the recovery of two AK-series assault rifles and two glock pistols from the scene. The terroirists are believed to be involved in a grenade attack at a police…
NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday shared emotional photographs of him sharing hugs with ASI Jasveer Singh and ASI Hira Singh, the Punjab Police officers who thwarted an attempt on his life.The officers acted swiftly to divert the gun of the assailant, Narain Singh Chaura, who had opened fire…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, calling it a “big conspiracy” to defame Punjab and Punjabis. He praised the Punjab Police for their vigilance in preventing a major incident and criticised the BJP government…
Canada-based terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla MOHALI: Canada-based terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla faces 67 FIRs in 14 of Punjab’s 23 districts, most of them pertaining to attempt to murder, extortion and Arms Act offences. Two of these FIRs have been transferred to National Investigation Agency (NIA). Dalla is accused of orchestrating targeted…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against Wadhawa Singh, the Pakistan-based chief of the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), and five other terrorists for their involvement in the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Vikas Prabhakar, also known as Vikas Bagga.The incident took place on April 13, 2024, when…
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Tarsem Singh, an accused in the case relating to the terror attack on the intelligence headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali, upon his extradition from the United Arab Emirates.Tarsem, who hails from Punjab’s Tarn Taran, is a key aide of foreign-based…
MOHALI: Thirty-one years after a fake encounter, the family of vegetable vendor Gulshan Kumar, who had been abducted and killed, got a compensation of Rs 2 lakh as a special CBI court of judge RK Gupta in Mohali on Friday sentenced former Punjab police DIG Dilbagh Singh to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and former…
NEW DELHI: The woman constable, who allegedly assaulted actor-turned MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport on Thursday, is under CISF custody, a senior Punjab Police officer said on Friday. Mohali SSP Sandeep Garg said that the police will take over the investigation of the case from the CISF.The CISF has already suspended Kulwinder Kaur following…
