After a brief encounter, Punjab Police on Sunday apprehended two gangsters involved in two firings incidents yesterday late-night at the Rajpura-Patiala toll plaza and a liquor vending at Rajpura.

Along with the arrest, the police have also recovered one pistol and one revolver from them.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Deepak and Ramandeep Singh.
According to the DGP of Punjab Police, a team of police officials received information about their arrival from Mohali and intercepted them. In an attempt to evade, the accusers opened fire at the police party on which the police team also started firing in self-defense.
In the encounter, one of the gangsters got injured, leading to their arrest.
Taking it to a social media post on X, DGP Punjab Police wrote, “Punjab Police arrests Deepak & Ramandeep Singh after a brief encounter and solves two incidents within 12 hours. Two gangsters have been apprehended from #Banur, Rajpura by Patiala Police, they were involved in the two firings incidents yesterday late-night at Rajpura-Patiala toll plaza & a liquor vend at Rajpura. They were coming from #Mohali when the police party intercepted them, in an attempt to evade arrest they opened fire on the police party. Police party fired back in self-defence and one gangster injured in cross-firing. Recovery: One revolver & one pistol. The accused have criminal history. Further investigations ongoing for forward & backward linkages @PunjabPoliceInd is fully committed to knock-down the organised crime nexus as per directions of Hon’ble CM @BhagwantMann.”
According to the police, these gangsters have a long criminal record.
Further investigation is underway to find their linkages.-ANI