Punjab: Police arrest fifth accused in Ludhiana's 30 KG gold heist

LUDHIANA: In 30 Kg gold heist case, a team of Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) of Punjab Police has arrested fifth accused, identified as Gursewak Singh, resident of the village Goluwala, near Kot Isse Khan in Moga district on Wednesday.
Inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh who heads the OCCU, said that Gursewak Singh has been arrested in the ongoing special operation. He will be produced in the court as per procedure. Gursewak was also one of the robbers who executed the gold robbery at IIFL’s Gill Road Branch in Ludhiana. Now, one of the key accused Jaipal is at large. Different teams have been made to nab him.
Importantly, OCCU nabbed inter-state gangster, Gagandeep Singh alias Gagan Judge in Chandigarh during the March month and got a major breakthrough in the Gold robbery case. The team also recovered around Rs. 31 lakh apart from one pistol, two magazines and 50 live cartridges from the possession of Gagan Judge. Gagan and his gang members are involved in the more than two dozen crimes of contract killing and other heinous crime cases.
Following Gagan’s arrest, two more accused, Pardeep Singh of village Gardiwala, district Hoshiarpur and Harpreet Singh, village Peer Mohammad, district Ferozepur were arrested by OCCU team. Pardeep was actively involved in the gold robbery at Ludhiana while Harpreet was harboring the accused as all the culprits stayed at his house for one week before committing the crime and also one night after the crime. On March 17, another accused Amritpal Bhullar was also arrested who is brother of gangster Jaipal Bhullar.
On February 17 five masked robbers barged into Gill Road branch of IIFL Gold Loan, kept employees hostage and decamped with 30 KG gold jewelry. During investigation, the OCCU team has also identified that the robbers had done raccee at a total five shops, including three in Ludhiana and two in Jalandhar to execute robbery. They found IIFL branch an easy target as it sans security guard besides the Gill Road is a vast area from where the accused could escape to any direction.