PUNJAB POLICE CRACKS RAJASTHAN-BASED SUBHASH SOHU’S MURDER CASE AS ARRESTED WEAPON SUPPLIERS TURNED OUT TO BE KILLERS

REVELATIONS CAME FOLLOWING SUSTAINED FOLLOW-UP IN ARREST OF WEAPON SUPPLIERS, SAYS DGP GAURAV YADAV

— AGTF PUNJAB AND SAS NAGAR POLICE HAD ARRESTED THREE RAJASTHAN BASED WEAPON SUPPLIERS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER WEAPON CONSIGNMENT IN DERA BASSI

— ROLE OF FEW MORE PERSONS COMING TO FORE IN CARRYING OUT THIS MURDER: SSP DEEPAK PAREEK

CHANDIGARH/SAS NAGAR, October 14:

          In a significant breakthrough, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab in a joint operation with SAS Nagar Police has cracked the sensational daylight murder of Subash alias Sohu, who was brutally shot five times in the head by two unidentified persons in Sangriya in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on October 8 this year, with arrested Rajasthan-based weapon suppliers turning out to be the murderers, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

          “The revelations came following the meticulous investigations and sustained follow-up of backward and forward linkages in the arrest of three Rajasthan-based weapon suppliers identified as Bhanu Sisodia, Mohammad Asif and Anil Kumar, all residents of district Balotra in Rajasthan,” he said.

          The weapon suppliers were arrested by the teams of AGTF and SAS Nagar Police on Friday along with accused Navjot Singh alias Jota, while they attempting delivery of a weapon consignment containing two pistols and eight live cartridges in Dera Bassi. Accused Navjot alias Jota is a key operative of foreign based handlers Pavitar USA and Manjinder France and has been facing over 21 cases of heinous crimes.

          DGP Gaurav Yadav said that all four arrested accused persons are currently in police remand at Police Station Dera Bassi, and the investigation is progressing swiftly.

          He said that the mastermind Bhanu Sisodia has confessed to planning the murder as an act of revenge for the killing of his associate, Anil Lega, in February 2024. Accused persons Mohammad Asif and Anil Kumar played pivotal roles as handlers in executing the crime, he added.

          The DGP said that further investigations are going on in this case and more revelations are expected in coming days.

          Sharing more details on preliminary investigations, SSP Deepak Pareek said that Rajasthan-based trio accused revealed that they had struck a deal with Navjot Singh Jota for either Rs 1 Lakh or a safe hideout for them in Punjab in exchange for the weapons used in the crime. These weapons were procured from Madhya Pradesh by them, he added.

          He said that role of few more persons are coming to fore in carrying out this murder and coordination with Rajasthan Police is underway to arrest the remaining accused involved in this case.

          A case FIR no 313 had been registered under sections 25(6) and 25(7) of Arms Act at Police Station Dera Bassi.