SNE NETWORK.CHANDIGARH.
The case of firing at the house of businessman Kuldeep Singh Makkar, who lives in Chandigarh’s most posh and VVIP Sector-5, is again in the headlines. Now, in this case, the NIA investigation team has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh each on gangster Goldy Brar and his other associate Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy Dhillon, resident of Rajpura Punjab. The name of the informer will be kept secret. However, the investigating agency has arrested eight accused in this firing and extortion case of Rs 3 crore.
A few months ago, firing was done early in the morning at the house of businessman Makkar Brothers located in Sector-5. At that time businessman Kuldeep Singh Makkar was sleeping at his home. Before this, Makkar had received a call from a foreign number. The caller introduced himself as gangster Goldy Brar and demanded a ransom of Rs 2 crore from him. Later, the accused called him again and demanded three crore rupees instead of two.
These accused have been arrested
In this case, through CCTV footage, the investigation teams first arrested Gurwinder Singh alias Ladi, a resident of village Kartarpur near Mullanpur in Mohali district, who made many revelations during remand. Connecting the links, the investigation teams arrested a total of eight accused in the case one by one. Apart from Ladi, these include Shubham Kumar Giri alias Pandit, Sarabjit alias Sharbhu, Amritpal alias Gujjar, Kamalpreet Singh, Kashi Singh alias Happy, Prem Singh and Gagandeep Singh alias Goldie. The investigation of this case was handed over to the NIA by the Home Ministry, after which the investigation team interrogated all the arrested accused after taking remand from the court.
Funding was done to gangster Goldie Brar through QR code
In this case, the NIA investigation team had revealed before the CBI court some time ago that the accused arrested in the case, Amritpal and Kamalpreet, used to keep accounts of Goldie Brar’s money. Amritpal was in touch with Goldie Brar through phone. The involvement of both of them was also found in major cases of drug smuggling including terrorist activities. Therefore, section 43-D (2) (A) of UAPA was also imposed in the first case registered against them. During the investigation, it was also revealed that according to accused Amritpal Singh alias Gujjar, gangster Gurpreet Singh alias Goldie Brar Dhillon used to send him QR code and bank account with instructions to deposit a part of the proceeds of narcotics. Apart from this, he used to use his friend’s bank account to deposit money in the bank account suggested by accused Goldie Brar to channelize the proceeds of terrorist funds and narcotics.
Funding was also done abroad through hawala
NIA investigation revealed that accused Kamalpreet Singh used to work with accused Amritpal Singh alias Gujjar to channelize the proceeds earned from narcotics and narcotics. Apart from QR code or bank account, both of them used to transfer large amounts of money to gangster Goldie Brar through hawala. Bail petition was also filed by the arrested accused in this case but they did not get bail under section 43 (D) 2 (A) of UAPA Act imposed on these accused by the NIA investigation team.