SAMBA POLICE SOLVED FIRING CASE OF BIRPUR, ONE OF THE MAIN ACCUSED ARRESTED FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH

“Lambu-Gujjar-Gang” Of Notorious Heroin Smugglers Found Involved In Murderous Attack At Birpur : SSP Samba Benam Tosh

 Samba, July 9 : Under the overall supervision of Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh, Police has solved firing case of Birpur, arrested one of the main accused from Himachal Pradesh and identified other accused involved in murderous attack as the members of “Lambu-Gujjar-Gang” also called “Yuqa-Gujjar-Gang” of notorious heroin smugglers.

       On 03.07.2023 a group of over nearly ten masked criminals mostly Gujjars suddenly appeared at Birpur swimming pools and without any provocation attacked and injured with sharp-edged weapon two persons namely Tahir Latif s/o Abdul Latif & Muzaffar Siraj s/o Siraj-ud-din of Kishtwar who were engaged as watchmen/management staff to run the swimming pools. Before fleeing from the scene of crime, miscreants also opened fire with pistol. Police had registered a case FIR No. 162/2023 u/s 452/307/323/147/504/506 IPC, 4/25 Arms Act at P/S Bari Brahmana and investigation was started. There was a big challenge before Police was to work out murderous attack case and to identify & arrest the accused involved in the heinous crime. 

     Applying scientific-aid-to investigation and on the basis of manual reliable sources, Samba Police party comprising of eight personnel of Police Station Bari Brahmana headed by SI Manhor Lal and PSI Sudhir Singh Charak conducted nocturnal raids at Dharamshala and Mcleod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh and arrested one of the main accused Balvinder Singh alias Goru s/o Swarn singh r/o Ranjari Vijaypur district Samba. He was brought to Police Station Bari Brahmana, interrogated, confessed his involvement, identified by the victims of the attack and he has disclosed the names of all other criminals involved in murderous attack at Birpur in which two innocent civilians were injured with sharp-edged weapon. The investigation of the case is being conducted by SHO Police Station Bari Brahmana Sunil Sharma under the supervision of SDPO Bari Brahmana Rahul Nagar. 

      Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba Benam Tosh said that during the course of investigation, it revealed that “Lambu-Gujjar-Gang” of notorious heroin smugglers also called “Yuqa-Gujjar-Gang” had committed murderous attack on innocent swimming pools’ watchmen of Kishtwar at Birpur on 3rd of July, as Lambu-Gujjar, as his gang had been denied permission few days back by management staff to take bath in swimming pools without putting off clothes and altercation had taken place. Raids are on and all the accused would be arrested shortly.