Police arrest proclaimed offender wanted in murder cases
Ranjit Singh, a proclaimed offender, who allegedly had links with militant outfits like the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and the Babbar Khalsa,was arrested, the Kapurthala police today.
He was also wanted in multiple cases of murder. Ranjit Singh, alias Rana, was allegedly involved in five shooting incidents in Punjab and in the murder of four people, the police said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Sandip Sharma said Singh was a resident of Jalandhar. Singh was arrested from a religious shrine in Koharkalan village in Jalandhar where he was working as a priest, the SSP said.
"He was declared a proclaimed offender in the murder case of one Surinder Singh, of village Manawali, falling under police station sadarin Phagwara. His accomplices, Jagdish Singh and others, killed Surinder Singh in May 1991. After the murder, he went to Saharanpur in UP and started living there," he said.
The SSP said Ranjit Singh has been evading arrest for over 27 years.
Ranjit was also allegedly involved in the murder of Surinder Singh, resident of Kudha village in Hoshiarpur district. He, along with two accomplices, killed Surinder Singh in September 1988, he said.
In 1990, Ranjit Singh allegedly murdered a liquor vendor in Mubarakpur village in Ropar with help from two accomplices, the SSP added.
In 1997, he underwent a sentence of two years and after the imprisonment, fled to UP to evade arrest in other cases.
He was acquitted in two cases and was facing trial in two more, he said. -PTC News
