Kapurthala, August 14
The Police have arrested two accused in connection with the killing of a youth at village Bishanpur Jattan on August 11, 2026, and recovered two illegal pistols along with ammunition from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Tanna and Mandeep Singh alias Saga, both residents of Bishanpur Jattan.
Addressing a press conference, Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Harinder Singh Gill said that on August 11, 2026, the accused allegedly opened fire at Lovepreet Singh alias Lakha, who was travelling on a motorcycle along with his friends Suraj and Harshdeep. According to the police, the accused were riding a black-coloured Splendor motorcycle. Lovepreet Singh sustained fatal gunshot injuries and died on the spot, while Harshdeep was injured in the incident. The accused also allegedly snatched the mobile phones of the victims before fleeing the spot.
A case was subsequently registered at Police Station Kotwali, Kapurthala*, under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act.
Gill said that special police teams were constituted under the supervision of senior officers. The teams, comprising DSPs Shital Singh, Sukhpal Singh, CIA Staff In-charge Raman Kumar and SHO Police Station Kotwali Lakhbir Singh, worked on human and technical intelligence inputs and succeeded in identifying and apprehending both accused.
The police have recovered one China-made Norinco pistol, one PX5 Storm pistol, three magazines, three live rounds and three misfired rounds from the accused.
The SP (Investigation) further said that Gurpreet Singh alias Tana was already facing two criminal cases registered in Jalandhar Rural and was currently out on bail in both cases. Mandeep Singh alias Saga has no previous criminal record.
Gill said that further investigation is underway to ascertain the source of the recovered weapons and ammunition and to establish whether the accused were connected with any other criminal activities.
