On Saturday, the Punjab Police detained a close friend of the gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Gaurav Yadav, Punjab’s director general of police, affirmed the facts.
When Harwinder Singh, also known as Jugnu Walia, was apprehended, the Uttar Pradesh police posted a reward of Rs. 1 lakh for his capture. More than 12 cases have been filed against him.
He was detained by the Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), and the authorities took a weapon and six rounds of ammunition from him.
Taking to Twitter, Gaurav Yadav announced Harwinder Singh’s arrest. He said, ‘In a major breakthrough, the AGTF arrested Harwinder S@ Jugnu Walia, a close aide of Mukhtar Ansari. He was linked in a number of criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder, extortion etc. He is a wanted criminal & UP Police had kept a reward of Rs. 1 lakh on his arrest.’
In addition to the car and foreign currency found by the police during the arrest, a FIR has been filed, and further investigation is proceeding.
Yadav highlighted the arrest as a big victory in the local effort to tackle gang-related criminality.
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