Patiala, Jan. 1 -- Busting a gang involved in a murder, targeted killing bids, extortions and gang war, the Patiala police have arrested a few school-going boys among eight persons and seized 10 pistols. Their kingpin, who is abroad, is at large, officials said.

Addressing a press conference at the police lines on Thursday, Patiala range DIG Kuldeep Chahal said it was concerning that six out of the eight arrested had no prior criminal background and were very young. "Some of them are studying in schools. All the recovered pistols are very sophisticated weapons. A few of the weapons have come from Pakistan," said Chahal.

The arrested accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh Duggal, Dimple Kaushal, Dhruv, Pratham, Sachin Gupta, Deep...