November 19, 2025, Kapurthala: The Punjab Police have discovered a network distributing illicit firearms in a significant operation against organized crime. Amandeep, also known as Aman, a prominent member of the “Jagga Phookiwal” extortion gang operating in the Sultanpur Lodhi area, has been taken into custody by Kapurthala Police.

Nine domestic handguns and live ammunition were found in his hands by the police at his request. The purpose of this operation was to reduce instances of extortion and gunfire in the local community.

Amandeep Gave the Gang Weapons
Punjab The arrested culprit, Amandeep, is a resident of Tashpur village in Kapurthala, according to information released on social media by DGP Gaurav Yadav. He was giving local gangs guns so they could commit crimes. Four handguns created in the nation were immediately found when the authorities took him into custody.

Lovepreet, an accomplice, was also detained.
Amandeep disclosed during questioning that he had also given guns to Lovepreet, popularly known as Baba, one of his accomplices. Lovepreet was also taken into custody by the police right away. When the police searched him, they discovered two live rounds, a country-made handgun with a .32 bore, and a country-made pistol with a .315 bore.

Weapons Stored at Home
The police probe didn’t end there. Amandeep admitted to hiding other guns at his home after being subjected to more intense questioning. Three more country-made handguns that were buried in the ground were found by the police during their raid on his residence. As a result, nine illicit weapons were found by the police during this operation.

The Search for the Whole Network Continues
At the Sadar Police Station in Kapurthala, the police have filed a formal complaint against the accused. According to the DGP, the police are currently looking into the network’s forward and backward connections to determine the origin of these weapons and the intended recipient. The Punjab Police have reaffirmed their determination to destroy the state’s illicit weapons network.

Charges of embezzling ₹57,722 have led to the suspension of a salesman of a Cooperative Multipurpose Agricultural Society in the Dhilwan region of Kapurthala district, Punjab. After receiving a complaint from the Society’s Assistant Registrar, the Dhilwan Police Station filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused.

Reaction to the Complaint
The complaint was submitted by Gurdayvinder Singh, Assistant Director of the Cooperative Society Kapurthala, according to Dalvirbir Singh, Station House Officer of the Dhilwan Police Station.

Suspension and Suggestion for Research
Inspector Halkat Dhaliwal Bat Antirpal Singh suggested suspending the accused salesman, Sukhjinder Singh, and filing an embezzlement complaint against him based on the information.

FIR filed, Arrest Proceedings Initiated
The accused has been charged with embezzlement by the Dhilwan Police based on the complaint that Gurdayvinder Singh made. According to SHO Dalvirbir Singh, more steps have been taken to get the culprits arrested.

A prisoner at the Kapurthala Court Complex attempted to flee after receiving a 10-year sentence in a drug trafficking (NDPS) case. But a Naib Court and a lawyer’s clerk apprehended him right away.

Sheetal Singh, DSP (Sub-Division), verified the occurrence.

The culprit who tried to flee from police custody is being dealt with, according to DSP Sheetal.

Jatinder Singh, a native of Khukrain village, was found guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Lakshmi Kapila’s court and given a sentence of ten years in prison and a fine of one lakh rupees. Following the imposition of the punishment, Nayab Court Tarsem Singh was transporting the accused to the prison. Jatinder Singh, a prisoner, managed to get away from police custody at this period.

Security staff sounded the alarm right away. With the assistance of a lawyer and a clerk, Nayab Court Tarsem Singh was able to capture Jatinder Singh. In 2018, this NDPS case was filed at the police station.

Vijay Dutt, a member of the Punjab State Food Commission, surprised everyone by inspecting a number of government schools and Anganwadi centers in the Kapurthala area. Reviewing the ground-level implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and associated nutrition programs was the aim of the inspection. The villages of Hameera, Dogranwala, Nadala, Subhanpur, and Dayalpur were the sites of the inspection.

Dutt, a commission member, gave school officials strict instructions to follow safety and hygiene regulations. He also underlined the importance of routine training for those who prepare and serve the food.

Conversations with Students About the Quality of Midday Meals
Authorities were also directed by Vijay Dutt to make sure the children’s health was regularly monitored. In order to evaluate the quality of the midday meal, he personally ate it with the pupils and talked with them about it.

He gave the involved departments instructions to get the water in the schools tested right away and to make sure that all children had access to safe and clean drinking water.

Schools Do Not Display the Commission’s Helpline Number
The Punjab State Food Commission’s complaint and helpline number (9876764545) were not posted at many schools or Anganwadi centers, according to the inspection. To make it simple for recipients to file complaints, Dutt directed all institutions to prominently post this hotline number on their property.

Overnight, students in Kapurthala, Punjab, protested outside the IKG-PTU campus about their inability to play Dandiya. Additionally, they accused the university’s dean of student welfare of misconduct. The demonstration started late on Monday night and lasted till Tuesday, September 30, at five in the morning.

Following the Durga Ashtami Puja, the students had asked the university administration for permission to do a Dandiya event. Even though the administration was prepared to let only girls play Dandiya, the kids claim that they were denied permission to play the game with boys.

A mattress factory in Nurpur Dona village near Kapurthala, on Jalandhar Road, unexpectedly caught fire this morning. Items stored in the factory valued at lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes by fire. It is still unknown what caused the fire.

The fire department personnel arrived at the scene and began the rescue effort as soon as the fire was reported. Three fire department vehicles and a ten-person crew have been attempting to contain the fire for two hours, according to information obtained from the fire office.

In Kapurthala’s Nurpur Dona village, a mattress manufacturing caught fire. Fire Officer Gurpreet Singh and his team arrived at the scene at 8:26 AM to start the rescue effort after the fire department received the information at 8:25 AM.

According to the source, three fire engines are attempting to put out the fire as of this writing. One of these is from Kartarpur, and the other two are from Kapurthala. The mattress manufacturer has sustained damage from the fire that is worth lakhs of rupees. Although the exact source of the fire is unknown, it is thought to have been caused by a short circuit.

On Thursday morning, criminals stormed into a residence in Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Phagwara, Kapurthala, and robbed a woman who was living alone at knifepoint. They made off with thousands of rupees’ worth of cash and jewelry. City Phagwara police responded to the location and began an inquiry as soon as the occurrence was reported. According to investigating officer ASI Jatinderpal, CCTV cameras in the neighborhood are being examined in an effort to identify the burglars.

Son Lives Abroad

The police say that Kuldeep Kaur, a resident of Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, complained to them about the death of her husband, Pritpal Singh, two years ago. She lives alone in the house because her son, Sukhwinder Singh, lives overseas. Kuldeep Kaur claims that two unidentified burglars broke the door’s latch and entered the house at around three in the morning on Thursday.

“FIR Filed Against Those Who Shot and Robbed Youth in Kapurthala”

“Jagran Correspondent, Kapurthala. City Phagwara police have filed a formal complaint against three unidentified armed individuals in connection with the shooting of a young person in the thigh by unidentified thieves at the Phagwara-Chandigarh Bypass on the evening of August 14. In his complaint, resident Rohit Kumar told investigating officer ASI Jatinderpal that three armed persons riding motorcycles stopped him at Phagwara Bypass on the evening of August 14 when he was returning home from work and robbed him.

Lali Bhaskar, a Brahmin Sabha and Anti-Terrorist Front leader, was attacked by some individuals on his way home from Sri Satyanarayan Market in Kapurthala on Tuesday night at around ten o’clock. He was admitted to the civil hospital after suffering severe injuries in the incident. Doctors say that his condition is no longer in danger.

Bhaskar ordered the driver of a fast-moving vehicle to slow down, which led to the incident. Then he got into a fight with the young people in the car. The young people then made phone calls to two more pals who ride bikes. Together, they struck him with an iron rod.

DSP said, ‘Two attackers were caught.’

Bhaskar said that he doesn’t recognise the attackers. He also said that he had received death threats before, which he had also complained about to the DGP of Punjab.

DSP Deepakaran Singh said that the City Police have caught two attackers. According to the SHO, both bike-riding suspects are being interrogated. Bhaskar’s statement is being recorded to proceed with further action.

An active criminal with illicit firearms has been apprehended by Kapurthala police. Following a tip, the City Police Station squad detained Kamalpreet Singh, also known as Jassa, at the Kanjali Road Y-Point.

Numerous firearms were found in the accused’s backpack during the operation, which was directed by SHO Amandeep Nahar. He was found in possession of a.312 bore ‘desi katta’, six cartridges, an American-made Glock handgun, eighteen ammunition, and two magazines.

In multiple cases, the accused was wanted.

Kamalpreet was wanted in three crimes, according to SHO Nahar. Additionally, he has a number of criminal cases filed against him at several Delhi and Punjabi police stations. Together with his colleagues, the accused had established his own gang and was committing crimes throughout the city.

The judge granted a two-day police remand.
The thug was brought before the police after they filed a complaint against him. The offender was placed under police remand for two days by the court. According to officials, the interrogation in remand may yield a number of significant revelations.

A significant amount of doda chura post was found on a Kapurthala PRTC bus. On Tuesday, police arrested the bus’s conductor and driver and filed a complaint against them. The Phagwara police took this step.

Secret information was sent to ASI Jatinder Jitendra Pal, who is assigned to the City Phagwara police station. As a result, 53.5 kg of doda chura post was found when they inspected a PRTC bus (PB-08-EW-5159) on the Delhi-Kapurthala route at the Phagwara bus stop.

Hoshiarpur resident Hardev Singh and Tarn Taran resident Lovepreet Singh are among the arrested suspects. SHO According to Usha Rani, a case has been filed under the NDPS Act against both defendants. The defendants appeared in court. For their questioning, the police have been given a one-day remand.