In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police has arrested four associates of Gurpreet Sekhon Gang for their involvement in sensational murder of Overseer Singh alias Satinder Singh alias Satti and recovered one .32 bore pistol along with six cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi of village Selbrah in Bathinda, Lovejeet Sharma aliad Lavi of village Bhai Rupa in Bathinda, Vinod Kumar alias Skill Sharma of village Bhai Rupa in Bathinda and Gagandeep Singh of Bhagta Bhaika in Bathinda.
Apart from recovering weapon, Police teams have also impounded their White Hyundai Verna car bearing registration no PB 03 BH 7724. As per the information, Overseer Singh of Bhai Rupa in Bathinda, a known history sheeter was shot dead at his native village by their neighbour along with his associates due to personal enmity at around 4 am on February 5 this year.
Overseer was rushed to the civil hospital Bathinda where doctors declared him brought dead. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation revealed the arrested accused persons have a criminal history with a number of criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder and Arms Act, etc, registered against them.
The DGP said that further investigations are ongoing to identify more persons involved to dismantle the networks. More arrests are likely, he added. Sharing more details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) AGTF Promod Ban said that following the murder of Overseer Singh, AGTF Punjab has launched an operation to trace and apprehend the accused persons involved in this murder.
He said that police teams have arrested accused Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi and Vinod Kumar from Dhanaula in Barnala, while accused Gagandeep Singh and Lovejit Singh alias Lovy were arrested from TPT college Rampura Phul in Bathinda.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 11 dated 05.02.25 had been registered under sections 125 and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Phul in Bathinda.