Wanted Drug Smuggler Arrested In Punjab’s Tarn Taran: Police
Throughout wondering, the person attempted to escape and was once challenged by way of the ASI, mentioned police(Representational)
Chandigarh:
The Punjab Police arrested a sought after drug smuggler from Tarn Taran district on Monday, officers mentioned.
The accused, Rashpal Singh, is sought after in numerous circumstances registered below the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Ingredients (NDPS) Act and could also be suspected of getting hyperlinks with terrorists, they mentioned.
A two-member police group led by way of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Malkit Singh went to Phoola village in Tarn Taran on Monday to inquire right into a grievance about bike robbery, Director Common of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta mentioned in a unlock.
On their long ago, the group contributors noticed two suspicious individuals using a motorbike and stopped them for verification, he mentioned.
Throughout wondering, Singh alias Daula attempted to escape and was once challenged by way of the ASI, he mentioned.
Singh fired 4 bullets and one in every of them hit the officer in his proper leg. The ASI overpowered the suspect with the assistance of the opposite policeman and snatched his country-made semi-automatic pistol, he added.
But even so the pistol, two magazines and 6 are living rounds have been recovered from Singh. The bike utilized by him and his affiliate has additionally been seized, Gupta mentioned.
Singh’s affiliate, on the other hand, controlled to escape, he mentioned.
The ASI is present process remedy at a non-public medical institution at Bhikhiwind and is reported to be out of risk, he mentioned.
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