Gangster tries to flee Punjab cops' custody, gunned down

An arrested gangster was killed in an exchange of fire with the Punjab Police while he was trying to flee in Amritsar’s Jandiala Guru area on Wednesday. Amritpal Singh (22), arrested on Tuesday, was taken to Jandiala Guru for the recovery of two kg of heroin. He fired at the police team from a pistol hidden there while in handcuffs and tried to flee. “During interrogation on Tuesday, he disclosed that he had hidden two kg of heroin. We brought him to recover the narcotics,” Senior Superintendent of Police of Amritsar (Rural) Satinder Singh said.