Criminal associated with Canada-based gangster arrested by Punjab police

Chandigarh: On Wednesday, the Punjab Police announced that it had detained a Bihar-based associate of Canadian gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa for his alleged involvement in a number of crimes including murder, attempted murder, assault, and robbery. The main offender in the Amritsar Improvised Explosive Device (IED) case, identified as Karan Malik alias Karan Mann of Amritsar, is said to be a close aide of Yuvraj Sabharwal alias Yash, according to the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav. On August 16, Yuvraj and another individual detonated an IED beneath a police sub-car inspector’s that was parked in front of his Amritsar home. Yuvraj is an associate of Canada-based gangster Landa. Karan Malik is a history-sheeter and wanted by the Punjab Police.  DGP Yadav said that after getting intelligence that gangster Karan Malik has been taking shelter somewhere in district Jamui of Bihar, a team of Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police in a joint operation with the central agencies and the Bihar Police launched a search operation and managed to round him up in Darima village. The DGP said during the preliminary investigations, it has come to light that Karan Malik used to purchase. 32 bore guns from an arms smuggler, identified as Sahil, for Rs 40,000 a piece. Sahil along with one Himmat, an accomplice of his from Amritsar, had been arrested a few days back and Punjab Police recovered four weapons from their possession. Meanwhile, police were also conducting raids to nab Malik’s younger brother Arjun Malik alias Arjun, who is also alleged to be involved in various criminal activities. Read all the **_Latest News_** _, _ **_Trending News_** _, _ **_Cricket News_** _, _ **_Bollywood News_** _, _ **_India News_** and **_Entertainment News_** here. Follow us on Facebook_, _ Twitter and Instagram_._