New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted an interstate gang of notorious gangster Gurjant Singh alias Janta gang, who is allegedly linked to Khalistan, arresting eight members of the gang and recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition, said the police.

Additional CP Crime Sanjay Kumar Sain told ANI that two gang members were involved in a recent firing incident at the house of a victim on the night of May 8 in Anand Vihar, Delhi, in pursuance of an extortion threat extended to the victim in the month of March 2025. The arrest of gang members has dealt a severe blow to one of the major networks of gangster Gurjant Singh alias Janta Gang based in Haryana.

An incident of firing at the house of a local businessman in Anand Vihar, Delhi, took place on the night of 08 April. Prior to the said incident, the victim had received an extortion call from gangster Gurjant Singh alias Janta using an international number demanding Rs. 05 Crores, followed by subsequent calls and messages.

It was revealed that the gang is based in Ambala, and the gang members are mainly from Ambala and other districts of Haryana. On 01.05.2025, specific input was received by the team that one of the gang members of the gangster Gurjant Singh gang had gone to Chandigarh to collect a huge consignment of arms and ammunition on the directions of Gurjant Singh alias Janta.

Accordingly, in the morning of 2.05.2025, a trap was laid down in Alipur, Delhi, and a cab was intercepted around 9 AM on GT Road, Delhi. The car occupant, Sumit Ghangas r/o Village- Mandi, PS Israna, District Panipat (Haryana), was apprehended during whose search 45 live cartridges of 7.62 Bore were recovered. Accordingly, a case vide FIR dated 2.05.2025, u/s 25 Arms Act, PS Crime Branch was registered and investigation was taken up.

Interrogation of accused Sumit ghangas revealed that his younger brother Rahul Ghangas was in regular touch with gangster Gurjant Singh alias Janta and had fired in Anand Vihar area in the night of 08.04.2025 on the instance of gangster Gurjant Singh in order to execute an extortion bid.

He revealed that his brother Rahul Ghangas was earlier lodged in Panipat Jail in a case of attempt to murder, where he developed an association with an associate of Gurjant Singh alias Janta and got in touch with Gurjant Singh alias Janta through a social media application and WhatsApp after coming out of jail on bail.

On 01.05.2025, on the instruction of his brother Rahul Ghangas, Sumit Ghangas, along with his associates Rohit and Ashish, visited Chandigarh in a cab, from where he collected the said consignment of live rounds. His brother Rahul Ghangas was taking instructions from Gurjant Singh alias Janta through WhatsApp calls. On the way back, he dropped his associates in Sonipat, Haryana.

Accused Sumit Ghangas was taken on police custody remand. On 03.05.2025, a raid was conducted on his instance in a hotel in Karnal (Haryana), from where his associates Ashish, Rohit and his brother Rahul Ghangas were apprehended. 01 sophisticated pistol alongwith 05 live cartridges were recovered from the possession of accused Rahul Ghangas, 01 sophisticated pistol with 03 live cartridges were recovered from accused Ashish and 05 live cartridges were recovered from the possession of accused Rohit. All three accused were arrested in the case.

During interrogation, it was revealed that he was lodged in Panipat Jail in an attempt to murder case, where a jail inmate provided him a social media ID of gangster Gurjant Singh alias Janta. He came out on bail in January 2025 and contacted Gurjant Singh alias Janta, who assigned him the task to fire at the house of a businessman in Anand Vihar, Delhi, to execute a plan of extortion from him. Gangster Gurjant Singh provided him arms and ammunition and some cash through another associate, and also provided the details of the said businessman. In order to execute the plan, Rahul Ghangas was accompanied by co-accused Saurabh through accused Rahul Kashyap. Both robbed a motorcycle on 07.04.2025 from the area of PS Israna, Distt. Panipat (Haryana) on gunpoint and visited Anand Vihar on the night of 08.04.2025, where they fired several rounds at the house of a businessman and fled.

On 03.05.2025, the raid was conducted on the instance of accused persons and co-accused Rahul Kashyap and Saurabh were also arrested from Panipat, Haryana and a sophisticated pistol with ammunition was recovered from their possession. Both were also arrested and taken into police custody remand.

During onward operation, on 05.05.2025, further raids were conducted in Ambala, Haryana, where other associates of the gang, namely Preetpal and Deepak @ Gola were also apprehended and one country-made pistol of .315 Bore with 01 live cartridge allegedly used in Anand Vihar firing was recovered from the possession of the accused Preetpal. Subsequently, during police custody remand, another country-made pistol was also recovered from Ambala in the case of the accused Deepak. (ANI)