Chandigarh/Amritsar- In a significant breakthrough amidst the continued drive to make Punjab a protected and safe state as per instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Rural Police has arrested the important thing accused concerned within the Fortunate Oberoi homicide case after a quick change of fireplace in Khasa space of Amritsar and recovered Beretta .30 bore pistol from his possession, stated DIG Border Vary Sandeep Goel.
The arrested accused, recognized as Shaminder Singh, a resident of Mithapur in Jalandhar, was driving Activa scooter. The latter is a earlier offender and has a felony historical past.
As per the knowledge, Satwinderpal Singh alias Fortunate Oberoi was shot useless by unidentified assailants on a white Activa on Friday morning on the Gurudwara Singh Sabha Parking in Mannequin City, Jalandhar, whereas he was leaving after paying obeisance.
DIG Sandeep Goel stated that instantly after the incident, coordinated efforts have been initiated to determine and monitor down the accused concerned within the crime.
Primarily based on dependable intelligence inputs, it got here to note that one of many accused, Shaminder Singh, was trying to evade arrest after committing the homicide and has taken refuge within the Khasa space, he stated, whereas including that performing promptly on this data, Amritsar Rural Police laid nakas within the adjoining areas and intensified checking.
Sharing extra particulars, SSP Amritsar Rural Suhail Qasim Mir stated that in this operation, the accused was noticed approaching a motorbike and when the police get together signalled him to cease, the accused panicked and tried to show again his motorbike, throughout which he misplaced management and fell down.
In an try to flee thereafter, the accused opened fireplace on the police get together, he stated, whereas including that the police acted in self-defence and retaliatory firing was carried out, throughout which the accused sustained a gunshot damage. The accused was arrested and brought to Hospital for remedy, he added.
The SSP stated that in preliminary interrogation, the accused has made essential disclosures relating to the involvement of one other individual within the homicide of Fortunate Oberoi. On the idea of those disclosures, additional raids and follow-up motion are being performed to apprehend the remaining accused, he stated.
On this regard, a case FIR No. 25 dated 6/2/2026 has already been registered beneath sections 103(1), 3(5) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Division 6 in Jalandhar Commissionerate.
