Murder case accused held with 1.20 kg heroin, weapon

The Ludhiana Crime Branch today arrested a man wanted in a murder case and seized 1.20 kg heroin from his possession. The accused has been identified as Gagan Grover, alias Himashu Lohara, a resident of Lohara road.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Harpal Singh, Additional DCP, Crime, Amandeep Singh Brar, and in charge, Crime Branch, inspector Beant Juneja issued a joint statement in this regard.

DCP Harpal Singh stated that under the special campaign launched by the police, the police party was present at Eastern Park Colony, Chandigarh Road, yesterday to keep a tab on suspicious persons and suspicious-looking vehicles. During this excercise, ASI Raj Kumar received information that Gagan Grover was reportedly involved in the business of selling heroin and was also having some previous cases of fighting, murder and possession of illegal weapons and heroin registered against him in the past. The accused was also wanted in a murder and some heroin smuggling cases. He had been at large in the case registered against him at Daba police station in 2024.

The DCP said as per the police information, the accused was having some illegal weapons in his possession. He was on his way to deliver the consignment to his clients in his car. The accused had been waiting for his customer after parking his car in front of some uninhabited empty flats of Eastern Park Colony at Jhabewal village near Ludhiana.

A police party immediately conducted a raid and nabbed the accused. During search of the car, 230 gram of heroin and an illegal .32-bore pistol with a cartridge was seized. Later on, after the disclosure of the accused, 790 gram more heroin was seized from his possession.

DCP Singh added that now the police remand of the accused would be sought for further questioning, so that the big suppliers involved in the drug chain could be identified and arrested.

Accused held with illegal weapon in another case

In another case, the police party of Crime Branch, Ludhiana, was patrolling at Lohara Bridge near Simran Palace, Ludhiana, when ASI Visakha Singh received information that Jatinder Singh, alias Shonki, of Mohalla Sahibzada, Fateh Singh Nagar, Daba Lohara Road, was possessing a weapon and was standing under a tree near the Morgin Crossing mall, Lohara.

A police party immediately conducted a raid and nabbed the accused with a weapon. A case was registered against the accused and further investigation was launched to inquire if the accused had committed any crime with the weapon.

Ludhiana