In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to making Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Himachal Pradesh Police has arrested four associates of Harpreet Happo Gang for their involvement in the Gym Trainer murder case, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.
As per the information, Gym Trainer identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Guri was shot dead by four assailants in Kharar on January 31, 2025.Those arrested have been identified as Amrit of village Partapura in Phillaur; Onkar Singh alias Golu and Prince, both residents of village Pandwa in Kapurthala and Gurpreet Singh alias Guri of Satnampura in Phagwara. Police teams have also recovered two .32 bore pistols along with magazines and 20 cartridges, besides impounding their Grey Maruti Ertiga car (PB-01-D-2996), in which they were travelling.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused persons were working on the directions of their foreign based handlers and were tasked to carry out a target killing in the state. All the arrested accused persons have a criminal history with number of criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder and Arms Act etc, registered against them, he said.
The DGP said that further investigations are on to establish forward and backward linkages in this case. Sharing operation details, ADGP AGTF Promod Ban said that acting on the reliable inputs, police teams under the supervision AIG Sandeep Goel and DSP Rajan Parminder launched a joint operation with Himachal Pradesh Police and successfully arrested all the accused persons from Mcleodganj in Kangra, HP.
The AGTF police teams were led by Inspector Vikram and Sub-Inspector Chandar.The ADGP said that police teams have also identified another accused person in the Gym Trainer murder case and raids are being conducted to nab him.