Ropar, August 11: Notorious gangster Harjinder Singh alias Akash was nabbed by the district police following an encounter on Ropar-Morinda road here on Saturday.
Akash, an accomplice of gangster Dilpreet Singh Dhahan, was fleeing after snatching a Fortuner at gunpoint from a man from Anandpur Sahib after which police intercepted him around 5.30 am near Pathreri Jattan village leading to an encounter. He suffered a gunshot in his left arm in the gunfight.
Akash was wanted in five cases of murder; besides, there are nearly two dozen other criminal cases registered in Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra against him.
Dilpreet was arrested by Punjab Police in Chandigarh last month.
Akash, along with Dilpreet, was involved in murder of a gangster, Vivek Sharma, near Bharatgarh in Ropar district on November 11, 2016, followed by murders of Des Raj Mal, a resident of nearby Bahaman Majra village, on April 7, last year.
He and the gang gunned down a Punjab village sarpanch in Sector 38 of Chandigarh on April 10.
Ropar SSP Swapan Sharma said Akash was going in the snatched SUV when the police intercepted him near Pathreri Jattan. When he was asked to stop he opened fire on the police party leading to the encounter.
He suffered a bullet injury on his left arm following which he was taken to local Civil Hospital, said the SSP.
Source Tribune India
