Gangster held after exchange of fire in Pb

A member of the Vicky Gounder gang was today arrested after an exchange of fire here, the police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Inspector Kapil Kaushal laid a barricade near Tugal Wal village.

Gangster Ravinder Singh alias Giana, along with his three gang members, was coming to Gurdaspur from Berianwala village in a jeep.

When the police asked them to stop the vehicle, they opened fire on the team.

In a retaliatory fire by the police, Giana sustained bullet injury in his leg, the police said.

Although Giana was arrested, the three other gang members managed to escaped, they said.
 

Giana, a resident of Kharlawal, has been admitted to the civil hospital here.

SSP Gurdaspur B S Virk said Giana along with notorious gangster Vicky Gounder had allegedly shot dead three rival gangsters - Harpreet Singh, Sulakhan Singh and Happy near Aulakh village on Amritsar Pathankot bypass on April 20.