The gangster who martyred Punjab Police Constable Kuldeep Singh Bajwa along with two others were shot dead in an encounter with the Punjab Police on Wednesday afternoon at Bassi Pathana in Fatehgarh Sahib district.
Two of the slain gangsters have been identified as Teja Mehandpuria and Manpreet Peeta. While the third gangster is yet to be identified, police suspect him to be
Nishant.
Teja was wanted and has been involved in more than 40 criminal cases in Punjab. AGTF head Pramod Ban and DSP Bikramjit Brar led the operation. “We were following the gangsters and they were involved in delivery of weapons and were part of the Phillaur murder case,” Ban said. The gangsters were involved in the January 8 murder case of constable Kuldeep Singh Bajwa. Bajwa was part of a police team that was chasing gangsters who had robbed a car at gunpoint in Phillaur’s Kangjagir village. During the chase the gangsters had fired at the police party and a bullet pierced through Bajwa that succumbed him during the treatment. In broad daylight, A Thar jeep was left abandoned on the roadside with over a dozen bullet marks. Police cordoned off the area and announcements were made to the public to stay indoors.
