Gangster Akash nabbed after encounter on Ropar-Morinda road
Gangster nabbed after encounter with police on Ropar-Morinda road Notorious gangster Harjinder Singh alias Akash was nabbed by the district police after an encounter on Ropar-Morinda road, here on Saturday. Akash, an accomplice of gangster Dilpreet Singh Dhahan, was fleeing after snatching a Fortuner at gunpoint from a man from Anandpur Sahib. The police was intercepted immediately after which the encounter took place. He suffered a gunshot in his left arm in the gunfight. Akash was wanted in five cases of murder; besides, there are nearly two dozen other criminal cases registered in Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra against him. Akash, along with Dilpreet, was involved in murder of a gangster, Vivek Sharma, near Bharatgarh in Ropar district on November 11, 2016, followed by murders of Des Raj Mal, a resident of nearby Bahaman Majra village, on April 7, last year. -PTC News
