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Cornered By Punjab Police, 3 Gangsters 'Commit Suicide'

IANS, 13 Jun, 2017 01:01 PM
    On being cornered by Punjab Police in their Haryana hideout, three gangsters allegedly committed suicide at Asakhera village in Dabwali of Sirsa district on Tuesday morning.
     
    While, Category A gangsters Bunty Dhillon and Jaspreet Singh alias Jumpy of Faridkot district died on the spot, Category B gangster Nishan Singh died on way to hospital.
     
    Acting on a tip-off, the Faridkot police, along with Dabwali police, surrounded their hideout around 4 am.
       
    Bunty and Jumpy were dreaded gangsters of the Devinder shooter gang, and were lately also associated with the Vicky Gounder gang. 
                          
    They were involved in the Tarn Taran shootout, Ravi Khwajka murder, Chautala double murder, Sirsa murder, shootout at Paonta Sahib with police on June 6 and many other heinous crimes.  
                         
    Five weapons and a Scorpio vehicle were also recovered. The Scorpio was also used in the Paonta Sahib shootout.
                           
    SP Satinder Kumar Gupta said police parties from Punjab and Sirsa were chasing them and had cornered them. He said the gangsters committed suicide after finding them cornered by police.   
                        
    They were hiding at the house of Massi of Sharni, another gangster in jail.     
                      
    They had killed the brother and nephew of Chamkaur Singh, another gangster, at Jaitu in 2014 besides killing one Bihari at Jaitu.

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