Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], September 10 (ANI): Punjab Police with the help of Mumbai Police arrested six shooters from Aurangabad in Maharashtra and solved the sensational Ferozepur triple murder case.
The accused have been identified as Daljeet Singh, Ravinder Singh alias Ravi (having eight pending criminal cases), Ravjeer Singh, Sukhchain Singh, Akshay (having one pending criminal case), Prince and Gurpreet Singh (both having five pending criminal cases), Ferozepur Senior Superintendant of Police (SSP) said.
Speaking to ANI, Somya Mishra, SSP, Ferozepur said, “On September 3 in the Kamboj Nagar area of Ferozepur, six unknown assailants opened fire targeting a man Dildeep while he was travelling in a car. In that car, four more people were present- his sister, cousin brother and two friends. Three people- Dildeep, his sister and one of his friends died in the firing while the remaining two got seriously injured and are still undergoing treatment.”
“After that, on the orders of the DGP Punjab Police, our different teams of counter-intelligence, AGTF and Ferozepur police came in action with human resources, technical input and CCTV footage. After that, all the teams with different sources and coordinated efforts identified the assailants,” SSP Ferozepur said.
The Punjab Police, Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) and counter-intelligence team with the help of Mumbai Police arrested seven accused involved from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in Aurangabad said the senior police official.
According to the police, both the parties involved in the Ferozepur triple murder case had rivalry for some time.
Providing details, SSP Ferozepur said, “Initially, we arrested one person who used to do recce for other accused, was arrested on September 6. He has been identified as Daljeet Singh, a resident of Ferozepur. Our AGTF with the help of Mumbai Police and central agencies, detained them at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) and later arrested all the assailants from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. A total of seven arrests have been made in this case.”
“We are thankful to the Mumbai Police for taking prompt action on the inputs of Punjab Police and the AGTF team and supporting us. There was a rivalry going on between them for some time. The victim in the case has also earlier records of crime in murder cases of 2013 and 2019. There was enmity between them for some time and in fact, there was a fight between them in May whose case is registered, so, they (arrested accused) committed this murder crime on that enmity,” the senior police official said.
The Ferozepur triple murder case involved a violent attack that occurred on the afternoon of September 3. According to the police, the accused fired around 36 bullets at their targets as the victims’ car approached Gurdwara Sri Akalgarh Sahib in the city. The attack resulted in the death of Jaspreet Kaur (22) on the spot, while her cousin Dildeep Singh (32) and an acquaintance, Akashdeep Singh, died later in the hospital. Jaspreet’s brother Anmol Singh and another individual were injured and are currently in critical condition.
Jaspreet Kaur was scheduled to get married soon.
The Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar city police set a trap after learning that the accused had fled to the Samruddhi Expressway and successfully captured them while they were trying to escape in an MPV hired from Nanded. (ANI)
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