Police today arrested two gangsters after a brief encounter and recovered arms and ammunition from them near Sidhwan village here.
District police Chief Diljinder Singh Dhillon said a police party conducted a raid after getting specific information about two gangsters hiding in the house of one Amritpal Singh.
Dhillon said the two opened fire as they saw the police party and the forces retaliated.
He said the two then fled towards a brick kiln and again started firing on the police. The police then cordoned off the area and overpowered them a two-hour-long encounter, he said.
A double-barreled gun, a pistol, magazine and 250 gms heroin were recovered from them.
Dhillon said the gang had kidnapped Aman Mittal of Patiala in Ludhiana on April 11 and got a ransom of Rs 5 lakh.
Their accomplice, gangster Amarvir Singh alias Gopi was arrested by Ludhiana police on April 11.
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Meanwhile, a court in Rajpura today remanded Kumar to one-day police custody.
However, Kumar denied the charges levelled by police against him.
