Amritsar criminal hatched conspiracy with gangster Donny Bal to murder Kartik Baggan

If claims of the police are to be believed in connection with the recent brutal murder of 25-year-old youth Kartik Baggan that a notorious criminal Gurvinder Singh, alias Sunny, a resident of Arjan Manga village, Amritsar, presently lodged in the Central Jail, Ludhiana, suspected to be the one of the conspirators behind this crime, this development can be construed as chinks in the Ludhiana jail security where a criminal had open access to cellphones and hatched murder conspiracies.

Sunny connived with wanted gangster Donny Bal, presently hiding in Portugal, to kill Baggan. Sunny is facing six criminal cases, including attempt to murder, loot, extortion and harbouring offenders among others. He has been in jail from long time.

On August 23 night, when Kartik, along with his friend Mohan, was driving near Sundar Nagar Chowk on Activa scooter. He was attacked by six armed assailants who fired several bullets at him and his friend. Baggan suffered four bullet injuries and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Mohan, who suffered one bullet injury, was saved by doctors. The police have got the CCTV footage of the suspects who fled after committing murder.

A few hours after the murder, Gopi Ghanshampuria group shared a post on Instagram taking responsibility of murdering Kartik Baggan. In the post, the group stated, “I Donny Bal, Mohabat Randhawa, Amar Khabe, Prabh Dasuwal and Kaushal Chaudhary committed the murder. Baggan used to abuse our brothers. Hence, he was finished by us. In future also, if anyone even if sitting abroad, will abuse us or our brothers will be eliminated.”

Crime Branch in-charge Inspector Beant Juneja said during investigation in Baggan’s murder case, the police found the involvement of Donny Bal. He said, “Initial probe revealed that Donny Bal, the main conspirator of Baggan’s murder, had sent his men to kill him. Gurvinder is suspected to be the one of the conspirators behind the crime. He was in touch with Donny Bal over phone from jail. There are definitely some other conspirators who were entrusted the task to eliminate Baggan by Donny. We have brought Gurvinder from jail for questioning. He can give vital leads to the police about other persons involved in Baggan’s murder.”

Meanwhile, sources said two suspects in a recent shooting identified by the police were still at large. The men, who are from Barewal Awana in Ludhiana, were arrested earlier this year in January. At the time, they were caught with illegal weapons, including a 9mm Glock pistol, after allegedly assaulting a cosmetics trader in Mohali. Both were later released on bail. The police believe these men had connections to Balwinder Singh, also known as Donny Bal. Pertinently Donny Bal had also taken responsibility of killing jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s mother Harjit Kaur and close aide Karanvir through a social media post.

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