Two members of contract killers' gang arrested

Phagwara, Apr 23 (UNI) Police has arrested two members of an an inter-state gang of contract killers from near village Bhakharriana under Sadar Police Station here late last night.

ASP Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill today said the arrested have been identified as Raj Kumar and Vipin Kumar, both residents of Amritsar.

One .38 bore revolver, one .315 bore country-made pistol, eight live cartridges and two kg of opium was seized from their possession and also impounded the Santro car, they were travelling in, was also impounded.

The ASP said Raj Kumar was operating in Delhi and other states since 1990 and had committed 25 dacoities and murdered more than half-a-dozen people by taking ''suparis'' with the help of his other gang members.

The ASP informed that Raj Kumar, who was released from jail in 2005, took a Rs 10 lakh to kill a Mahant of Rohtak (Haryana).

Dr Gill said, the contract killers wanted by Delhi, Ghaziabad and Amritsar police, mostly operated from Ashok Vihar and Pashchim Vihar area of Delhi.

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