SUSTAINED EFFORTS RESULT IN THE ARREST OF FOUR SHARPSHOOTERS OF THE LANDA HARIKE - HARVINDER RINDA ALLIANCE • RUNNING OPERATION LEADS TO ANOTHER MOST WANTED FUGITIVE GANGSTER TINU HARYANA OF LAWRENCE BISHNOI - GOLDY BRAR ALLIANCE• OVERALL, DRONE DELIVERED FIVE CHINESE HE GRENADES, ONE AK-47, ONE MP-5, AND NINE SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOLS RECOVERED
Face2News/ New Delhi
In its ongoing efforts to stem the spread of criminal-terror nexus in Delhi-NCR from the border State of Punjab, the Counter Intelligence, Special Cell team led by Inspectors Vikram, Dalip, and Nishant, working under the supervision of ACP Rahul Vikram, has been successful in apprehending sharpshooters of the Pakistan backed Khalistani nexus of Harvinder Singh @ Rinda & Canada based gangster turned terrorist Lakhbir Singh @ Landa. Widening the ambit of searches for the dangerous cargos being dropped at their instance through drones flying over the Indo-Pak border, a hotly pursued gangster Deepak @ Tinu Haryana, who had fled from the custody of Mansa Police, has also been arrested with a portion of the drone delivered consignment.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Lakhwinder Singh @ Matru, 31 years, s/o Surjit Singh, r/o VPO Heon, Tehsil Banga, PS City Banga, District SBS Nagar, Punjab. Lakhwinder Singh has previous involvements of attempt to murder, car-jacking, robbery, firing for gain, etc., and has been on-and-off in jails since 2016. During one of his jail terms, he joined hands with the Davinder Bambiha gang and became its important member. Lakhwinder had been eying the turf of a rival gangster Surjit Singh Kooner; in February 2021, Surjit Singh Kooner along with his associates mounted a daring attack on the residence of Lakhwinder Singh @ Matru. Both sides started firing at each other and, in this crossfire, Surjit Singh Kooner was killed at the hands of Lakhwinder and his brothers. Lakhwinder had obtained a passport on a fictitious identity and was waiting for an opportune moment to leave India to be able to join his foreign based fugitive associates before he was apprehended.
Gurjeet @ Guri, 21 years, s/o Mukhtar Singh, r/o H. No. 441, Mohalla Shekupura, Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, Punjab: Gurjeet @ Guri was running wanted in the following criminal cases:
a. In June 2022, Guri and his associates, at the behest of Lakhbir Singh @ Landa, had shot dead one Lovepreet Singh and injured another, both members of the rival criminal syndicate of jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, outside a college in Amritsar, Punjab.
b. In September 2022, Lakhbir Singh @ Landa had tasked Guri and the CCL, apprehended for his role in the RPG attack in Mohali, Punjab, to eliminate some rivals who were to be targeted while traveling in a marked car in the Village of Makhu, District xxxxx, Punjab. Guri launched a ferocious armed attack; however, the car's occupants retaliated with crossfire and managed to escape after sustaining gunshot wounds.
Harmander Singh, 26 years, s/o Satnam Singh, r/o Village Mastewala, PS Kot Issa Khan, District Moga, Punjab: Harmender has been a major coordinator and receiver of drone dropped consignments close to Indo-Pak border at the instance of Harvinder Singh @ Rinda. He is also a sharpshooter of Lakhbir Singh @ Landa and was involved in the shootout in Makhu mentioned above.
Sukhdev @ Sukha, 28 years, s/o Balvir Singh, r/o Sheikh Banga, Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala, Punjab: Sukha is a close associate of local gangster Pattu (full name), r/o District Ferozepur, Punjab through whom he got connected with fugitive gangster Lakhbir Singh @ Landa. Sukha along with Harmender manages drone deliveries and weapons/explosive dumps in border Districts of Punjab. Besides this, he was running wanted in a case of attempt to murder registered in the year xxxx in District xxxxx, Punjab.
Deepak @ Tinu, -- years, s/o Anil Kumar, r/o Near Hanuman Mandir, Teliwara, Jain Chowk, Bhiwani, Haryana :Deepak @ Tinu is a dreaded criminal of the Lawrence Bishnoi - Goldy Brar nexus. He is one of the main accused in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and had fled from the custody of Punjab police in the intervening night of October 1st – 2nd, 2022. Earlier in 2017 also, Deepak @ Tinu, who faces several cases including murder and extortion in various States, had escaped from police custody before being arrested from Bengaluru, Karnataka.
RECOVERIES: Lakhwinder Singh @ Matru 04 pistols & 11 live cartridges, 01 pump action rifle, 01 pistol & 02 live cartridges from Gurjeet @ Guri , 01 AK-47 assault rifle 02 pistols & 10 live cartridges from HarminderSingh, Sukhdev @ Sukha 01 MP-5 submachine gun 02 pistols & 10 live cartridges, Deepak @ Tinu 05 Chinese HE grenades 02 pistols & -- live cartridges
OPERATION: The Counter Intelligence unit of Special Cell, Delhi, has been consistently working to identify the touch-points of criminal alliances with Khalistani terrorists. In this series, a full-fledged operation was launched to locate and bring these criminals to justice.Mr.Manishi Chandra, DCP/CI, Special Cell; Delhi Police, saig Pakistan based and ISI backed Khalistani terrorist Harvinder Singh @ Rinda & Canada based gangster turned terrorist Lakhbir Singh @ Landa are freely supplying dangerous, war-like stores to three distinct groupings i.e., (i) Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate, (b) its arch-rival Davinder Bambiha syndicate and (iii) local criminals of Punjab who keep working either independently or for either of the above mentioned two criminal alliances on need basis. The end objectives of both Rinda and Landa are to execute the tasks which may lead to a resurgence of terrorism in Punjab, for which ISI is backing them with Chinese HE Grenades, AK-47 and MP-5 rifles and loads of ex-China Army stock Star Pistols.
In the present operation, first strike was on 24/09/2022, when Lakhwinder @ Matru, a hardened criminal, was nabbed from Sarai Kale Khan, Delhi. Following up on the leads that emerged from his interrogations, on 13/10/2022, the movements of Gurjeet @ Guri were established near ISBT Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, and in a swift professional move, he was apprehended.
Accused Gurjeet @ Guri revealed that Harmender and Sukhdev @ Sukha were overseeing a major chunk of cross border operations for Lakhbir Singh @ Landa & Harvinder @ Rinda. The team's concentrated efforts and technical surveillance led to the hideouts of these new targets in Moga, Punjab, from where these two were apprehended on xx/xx/xxxx.
While the team was camping in Amritsar, Punjab, working to join several dots, intelligence indicated the movements and presence of three more syndicate members near a hotel in Amritsar. Accordingly, information was shared with Punjab Police, and a joint operation was launched, which led to the arrest of three syndicate members from Amritsar, Punjab, on xx/xx/xxxx, further leading to recovery of 01 AK-47 and 03 pistols along with ammunition.
Sustained interrogations’ of the so far arrested persons led to the finding that recently, several drone droppings were coordinated by Harmender and Sukha and only a portion of the drone dropped AKs, MP-5s, HE Grenades and Star/Beretta pistols had surfaced i.e. recovered and seized by Delhi or Punjab/Haryana Police forces in several operations. While the missing and unaccounted war-stores were being chased, dreaded Deepak @ Tinu had escaped from the custody of Mansa Police.
Another interconnected trail led to the arrest of Deepak @ Tinu from Kekri, District Ajmer, Rajasthan and from his possession, 05 Chinese HE Grenades and 02 semiautomatic pistols along with several rounds of ammunition were recovered. The recoveries made from Tinu Haryana are also established to be a part of the same MO as discussed above and had been channelled to the Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate by Rinda and Landa.
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: Mr.Manishi Chandra, DCP/CI, Special Cell; Delhi Police, saig Pakistan based and ISI backed Khalistani terrorist Harvinder Singh @ Rinda & Canada based gangster turned terrorist Lakhbir Singh @ Landa are freely supplying dangerous, war-like stores to three distinct groupings i.e., (i) Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate, (b) its arch-rival Davinder Bambiha syndicate and (iii) local criminals of Punjab who keep working either independently or for either of the above mentioned two criminal alliances on need basis. The end objectives of both Rinda and Landa are to execute the tasks which may lead to a resurgence of terrorism in Punjab, for which ISI is backing them with Chinese HE Grenades, AK-47 and MP-5 rifles and loads of ex-China Army stock Star Pistols.
In a previous operation of CI, Special Cell, one SK Kharoud was arrested who is a close associate of Harwinder @ Rinda. It was found during the investigation that SK Kharoud was also connected with Goldy Brar - Kala Rana - Lawrence Bishnoi nexus as he was using hideouts provided by Kala Rana and was connected over encrypted chat platforms with Rinda on one hand and Goldy Brar on the other. The weapons then recovered from SK Kharoud were also Chinese Ordinance Corp. Group manufactured.
These findings indicate a sinister conspiracy wherein two rival criminal nexuses appear fused like a hydra at the top; the hydra being ISI supported Rinda – Landa network. While both the rival criminal groups are fighting a bloody turf war in India, both of them are sourcing their weapons and drugs from Rinda and Landa. Not only weapons but several newly minted criminals are also being used by these rival gangs as mercenaries without any affiliation to one particular group. The greater conspiracy of ISI and ISI backed terrorists Rinda and Landa is to create unrest among Indian masses on religious and communal lines.
Further investigation of the cases is in progress.