Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 11
The Delhi Police today claimed to have foiled two murders, including a plot to kill a faction head of one of the largest Nihang Sikh jathebandis, with the arrest of two men.
The Special Cell said Malkit Singh, alias Jujhar Singh, and Bhupinder Singh, were apprehended from Delhi's Shalimar Bagh and two pistols and 20 cartridges recovered from them.
2007 Patiala firing case link
- A decade ago, suspect Malkit Singh's father was replaced as the granthi of a gurdwara over involvement in the Patiala firing incident that left four Nihangs dead
- Malkit, his mother and two sewadars later kidnapped the new granthi and murdered him. All four were sentenced to life imprisonment
- Malkit, out on parole, along with Bhupinder Singh, planned to execute the head of one faction of Nihang Sikh Budha Dal to exact revenge
They also planned to eliminate an eyewitness in a 2010 murder case in which Malkit, currently out on parole, and his mother Jasbir Kaur had been handed down life term.
"On March 6, information was received that a life convict in a murder case, currently out on parole, along with his friend is coming from Madhya Pradesh with illegal firearms and intends to commit a big crime. A raid was conducted and two persons — Malkit and Bhupinder — were apprehended near Beri Wala Bagh, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi. A pistol along with 16 live cartridges was recovered from Malkit, and a pistol and four cartridges were seized from Bhupinder. A case under provisions of the Arms Act has been registered at the Special Cell police station, Delhi," it said.
The two planned to execute the killings during the Hola Mohalla celebrations later this month. They had sourced the arms from an arms supplier, Jyoti, from Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh).
A decade ago, Malkit's father Baldev Singh was replaced as the granthi of Gurdwara Jaimal Singh, Rab da Kutta, Lal Bagh, Azadpur, over his involvement in Patiala's Banta Singh Bagichi firing incident in which four Nihang Sikhs were murdered.
Thereafter, Malkit, his mother and two sewadars — Sukhpal Singh and Ranjit Singh — kidnapped the new granthi, Lakhwinder Singh, and murdered him. All four were sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 2017, the 27-year-old was involved in the murder of four persons belonging to Budha Dal (Balbir Singh) in Muktsar over a property dispute. The same year, he was arrested for conspiring to kill a sewadar, Pyara Singh, of Balwangarh Sahib Gurdwara, Fatehgarh Sahib.
"hellip;he has revealed that he wanted revenge from the head of one faction of Nihang Sikh Budha Dal as he felt the head is responsible for keeping him and his family members in jail. There is also dispute over possession/heading of jathebandi and Malkit wanted someone else of his favour to head the jathebandi," the Special Cell said.
"He also wanted to eliminate one of his neighbours, a witness in the murder case of granthi Lakhwinder Singh, in which he and his mother Jasbir Kaur have been convicted with life imprisonment," it further added.
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