Mohali Police recovered huge haul of arms and ammunition from gangster Preet Phagwara

Mohali Police recovered huge haul of arms and ammunition from gangster Preet Phagwara

Foiled murder plan with this recovery: SSP Navjot Singh Mahal

​​​​Nabaz-e-Punjab Bureau, ​Mohali, October 30:
With the motive to make SAS Nagar a crime-free district, Mohali Police today foiled a murder plan by recovering three pistols, including one foreign-made, and 73 cartridges from gangster Preet Phagwara. In a press communique issued here today, SSP SAS Nagar Navjot Singh Mahal while divulging the details, said that police have recovered arms and ammunition on the revelations made by Rajneesh Kumar @ Preet Phagwara r/o house number 30, street number 3, Daddal Muhalla, Phagwara, Kapurthala. He said that Preet Phagwara was a close and trusted aide of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria. He was involved in numerous cases of heinous crimes i.e murder, robbery, gun-running, drug smuggling, etc across different states including Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Chandigarh. SSP Mohali added that some of the snatching incidents took place in the jurisdiction of PS Kurali and after the tip-off, the police have obtained the production warrant of Preet Phagwara and brought him here to thoroughly investigate the cases. He informed that during the investigation, gangster Preet Phagwara revealed that he was planning to kill/attack his rival gang member Sukhi Bidhipuria, who is lodged in jail. Preet was in touch with his associates and arranged weapons and ammunition to execute the plan on his peshi/court hearing of Sukhi Bidhipuria. SSP disclosed that pistols and ammunitions which were arranged from other states for the execution of the plan are recovered on Preet’s disclosure. Therefore, a case FIR no 142 dated 29-10-2021 u/s 25 Arms Act PS City Kurali has been registered against his gang, and a further probe is underway. While apprising about the criminal background of Preet Phagwara, SSP Mohali told that Preet after entering the world of crime in the year 2014, he had been constantly involved in various criminal activities till now. In the beginning days, he was a member of the Sukha Kahlwan group and used to operate Sukha Kahlwan’s Facebook profile. After Sukha Kahlwan’s killing then he was joined the gang of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria. Thereafter, on the directions of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, he and his associates were connived with Akul Khattri, a close associate of Jaggu, to flee from police custody during a court hearing in Nawanshehar. After that, he arranged for his associates to carry out an attack on Beant Brar r/o Bagha Purana and caused injuries to the latter. Further investigation, in this case, is underway.

Arms and ammunition recovered from Preet Phagwara

1) One 25 bore CZ made in Czechoslovakia along with magazine
2) One 32 Pistol along with magazine
3) One 315 bore Pistol
4) 50 cartridges of 12 bore
5) 20 cartridges of 315 bore
6) 03 cartridges of 25 bore

Criminal background of Preet Phagwara
1. FIR no. 31 dated 21-01-2014 u/s 392, 34 IPC PS City Kapurthala.
2. FIR no. 12 dated 01-01-2016 u/s 307, 224, 225, 148, 149, 120B IPC & 25 Arms Act PS Sadar Nawanshahar.
3. FIR no. 26 dated 01-01-2016 u/s 21 NDPS Act PS Sadar Phagwara.
4. FIR no. 90 dated 16-05-2016 u/s 323 IPC, 543(2), 544(1) jail Manual Act PS Kotwali Kapurthala.
5. FIR no. 129 dated 01-07-2016 u/s 399, 402 IPC, 25 Arms Act & 22 NDPS Act PS Kotwali Kapurthala.
6. FIR no. 90 dated 12-07-2017 u/s 307, 365, 368, 323, 506, 148, 149, 120B IPC & 25 Amrs Act PS Division no. 6 Jalandhar.
7. FIR no. 562 dated 26-08-2018 u/s 25 Arms Act PS Tilak Nagar Delhi.
8. FIR no. 180 dated 26-08-2018 u/s 365, 384, 392, 224, 115, 120B IPC, 25 Arms Act & 21-22 NDPS Act PS Division no. 7 Jalandhar.
9. FIR no. 201 dated 05-11-2018 u/s 307, 353, 427, 212, 216, 34 IPC & 25 Arms Act PS Islamabad Amritsar.
10. FIR no. 226 dated 27-11-2018 u/s 21-29 NDPS Act PS Islamabad Amritsar.
11. FIR no. 152 dated 30-11-2018 u/s 22-29 NDPS Act PS Makbulpura, ​Amritsar.
12. FIR no. 89 dated 01-01-2019 u/s 42, 52 Prison Act PS Islamabad ​Amritsar.
13. FIR no. 49 dated 01-01-2019 u/s 25 Arms Act PS Maksuda, Jalandhar.
14. FIR no. 186 dated 26-11-2019 u/s 302, 307, 325, 109, 120B IPC & 25 Arms Act PS City Malerkotla.
15. FIR no. 40 dated 03-02-2020 u/s 392 IPC PS City Phagwara, ​Kapurthala.
16. FIR no. 191 dated 16-06-2020 u/s 420, 506 IPC & 52A Prison Act ​PS Kant Ferozpur.
17. FIR no. 236 dated 19-08-2020 u/s 52A Prison Act PS city Ferozpur
18. FIR no. 265 dated 05-12-2020 u/s 25 Arms Act PS city Kharar
19. FIR no. 02 dated 05-01-2021 u/s 399, 411, 402, 414, 120B IPC PS ​Ctiy Malerkotla.
20. FIR no. 51 dated 28-02-2021 u/s 42, 52 Jail Manual Act PS city ​Faridkot.
21. FIR no. 16 dated 10-03-2021 u/s 392, 382, 384 IPC & 25 Arms Act Kurali.
22. FIR no. 26 dated 17-03-2021 u/s 21/29-61-85 NDPS Act PS ​Amargarh, Sangrur.
23. FIR no. 80 dated 31-08-2021 u/s 21/29-61-85 NDPS Act PS ​Dhilwan Kapurthala.
24. FIR no. 81 dated 19-05-2021 u/s 379B, 34 IPC PS City Kurali.