Infamous gangster Karanjit Singh alias Jassa Happowal, involved in at least six murder cases, sustained bullet injuries on both his legs on Wednesday as he attempted to escape from police custody in Zirakpur town of Punjab’s Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said.
One police officer also sustained injuries in averting the gangsters’ escape.
Mr. Yadav said Jassa, the main shooter of an absconding foreign-based gangster Rajesh Kumar alias Sonu Khatri and terrorist Harvinder Rinda, was arrested by the Counter Intelligence wing, Jalandhar, from the outskirts of Jalandhar on November 30.
