category Regional, jalandhar, , tags Regional, jalandhar, , DW BUREAU Jalandhar Punjab Police have arrested an associate of Canada-based terrorist Lakhbir Singh, a.k.a. Linda, and his three aides after recovering four pistols along with ammunition from their possession, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said here on Friday. The arrested accused has been identified as Vijay Kumar, a.k.a. Toti, while his three aides have been identified as Amardeep Singh, Sooraj Singh and Rahul Lahoch, all residents of Jalandhar. The main accused, Vijay, has been facing 18 criminal cases pertaining to drugs, illegal weapons, kidnapping and extortion. DGP Yadav said that acting on input that accused Vijay along with his gang members were hatching a conspiracy to commit crime in Kartarpur area, teams from Jalandhar Rural promptly conducted a special drive in Durgi area of Jalandhar and arrested all four accused persons, who were travelling on two motorcycles. He said the police have recovered four pistols, including two .32 bore country-made pistols along with 10 cartridges, one 9 mm country-made pistol along with two cartridges and one .12 bore country-made pistol along with one cartridge from their possession. Divulging more details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jalandhar Rural said that two of the arrested accused persons were also wanted by Kapurthala Police in kidnapping case, wherein they had abducted a resident of Gaji Gadana village in Kapurthala district and sought Rs 3 crore as ransom for his release. The case FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Police Station Dhilwan in Kapurthala. Meanwhile, a fresh case FIR no. 16 has been registered under sections 379-B, 386, 392 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Kartarpur. (editor dailyworld.in)