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Punjab Police Foil Canada-Based Gangster’s Plot to Kill Dr. Kamboj

This operation marks the latest milestone in Punjab Police’s intelligence-led campaign against cross-border organised crime.

The DGP stated that preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused were acting on the directions of gangster Lakhvir Singh to eliminate Moga-based Dr Aniljit Kamboj. (HT File)

Overview

  • On July 6, Moga Police, the Anti-Gangster Task Force and the Counter-Intelligence Department arrested three operatives acting on orders from Canada-based gangster Lakhvir Singh alias Landa Harike.
  • The suspects were shot in the legs during an exchange of fire and moved to Moga’s Civil Hospital for treatment.
  • Officers seized two .30 bore pistols loaded with 10 cartridges, one .32 bore pistol with three cartridges, and the car used by the hit squad.
  • Investigators registered an FIR at Fatehgarh Panjtoor police station and are tracing the cell’s forward and backward linkages.
  • The foiled plot against Dr. Aniljeet Kamboj underscores Punjab Police’s zero-tolerance campaign targeting transnational gang, narco-terror networks.