TARGET KILLING WAS EXECUTED ON DIRECTIONS OF FOREIGN-BASED GANGSTERS MANU AGWAN, JEESHAN AKHTAR AND GOPI NAWANSHEHARIA: DGP GAURAV YADAV.  BOTH ACCUSED ARE BEING BROUGHT TO PUNJAB AFTER OBTAINING TRANSIT REMAND FROM THE COMPETENT COURT IN NAGALAND 

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The  Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab in a joint operation with Batala Police, Central Agencies, and Nagaland Police arrested two key accused involved in Jugraj Singh alias Jugga murder case, from Kohima in Nagaland, said DGP  Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.

Those arrested have been identified as Harmanpreet Singh alias Harman and his cousin Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, both resident of village Kaler in Batala. Some unidentified persons had shot dead Jugraj Singh alias Jugga, a resident of Cheema Khudi in Batala, at his village on September 9, 2025. 

DGP said, preliminary investigation has revealed that this target killing was executed on the directions of foreign-based Gangsters Jaswinder Singh alias Manu Agwan, Mohammad Yasin Akhtar alias Jeeshan Akhtar, and Gopi Nawansheharia.  The DGP said that the accused are being brought to Punjab after obtaining transit remand from the competent court in Nagaland. 

ADGP AGTF Promod Ban said that acting on reliable inputs, police teams from AGTF under the supervision of DSP AGTF Rajan Parminder in coordination with Batala Police, Central Agencies and Nagaland Police arrested both the accused persons from Hotel Broadway at New Market in Midland Colony, Kohima, Nagaland. Further investigations are ongoing in this case, he said.