Barnala, Aug. 25 -- The Barnala police on Monday apprehended four associates of the Devinder Bambiha Gang in a major crackdown, while they were planning to commit a robbery, police said.

The apprehended associates include: Satnam Singh alias Satti, Gurpreet alias Guri, Sarm Singh alias Rinku and Deepak Singh.

"During a naka operation, the accused opened fire on the police party, our personnel overpowered the assailants and arrested them along with their vehicle," as per the 'X' post from DGP Punjab Police.

The police officials recovered four weapons from their custody, including one Zigana pistol, three pistols (.30 & .32 bore) with live cartridges.

According to he police, Satnam Singh is a habitual offender with over 22 previous case...