AMRITSAR, Oct. 18 -- The anti-gangster task force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Amritsar rural police, arrested gangster Jasvir Singh alias Lalla, a key associate of foreign-based gangster Harpreet Singh alias Happy Jatt and Bambiha Gang, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.

The police teams have also recovered a foreign-made .30-calibre pistol along with eight live cartridges from the possession of the arrested accused person.

A case has been registered under Sections 109, 111, 221, and 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 25 (8) of the Arms Act at the police station, Kamboo in Amritsar rural.

Yadav said that preliminary interrogation has revealed that the accused Lalla was being direct...