Punjab Encounter: An encounter took place between police and gangsters on Friday morning in Barnala, Punjab. During this, there was a fierce firing from both sides, in which two crooks were injured. The police have arrested both the accused. Along with this, weapons, banned bullets and other drugs have also been recovered from them.
According to media reports, a black color or car was coming from Mansa Road. On reaching the Dhaula Trident Factory, it was seen that the CIA staff team from Barnala had blocked the blockade there. Meanwhile, when the police tried to stop them, they started firing on the Barnala police. After this, the Barnala police also fired bullets while retaliating. During this time, one of them gangsters and smuggler Virbhadra Singh was injured and his other partner was arrested by Barnala police. At present, the injured gangster and smuggler Virbhadra have been admitted to Civil Hospital Barnala for treatment.
SSP Mohammad Sarfaraz Alam has also reached the spot with his team. CIA in-charge Inspector Baljit Singh said that there was 10-11 firing from the gangsters. However, on this, DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav told the media on Thursday that the Punjab Police is now taking action to catch big fish including big drug suppliers in the state to completely eliminate the intoxication in the state. Apart from this, the police is trying to reach the source of drug supply by mapping.