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Ludhiana-based gangster Sagar Neutron, besides known arsenic Newton, died astatine PGIMER, Chandigarh, connected Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who was successful judicial custody and lodged astatine Sangrur jail, was booked successful astatine slightest 18 cases, including murder, and had allegedly threatened Punjab Police via videos connected societal media.
Sangrur jailhouse superintendent Navinder Singh said, “Sagar had been unwell for immoderate days. He was archetypal admitted to Civil Hospital, Sangrur, and aboriginal referred to Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. He was past shifted to PGIMER Chandigarh, wherever helium died portion undergoing treatment. We cannot remark connected the origin of decease until the autopsy study is received. A judicial probe has besides been initiated arsenic per protocol.”
Meanwhile, the deceased gangster’s counsel, Sahil Sharma, said they would beryllium filing a petition successful the Punjab and Haryana High Court connected Wednesday, demanding a high-level CBI probe into the custodial death.
He claimed that astir 2 months ago, Sagar was “tortured” successful Goindwal Sahib jailhouse (Tarn Taran district), wherever helium was lodged earlier. “He suffered terrible tummy injuries owed to the torture wrong Goindwal Sahib jail. He was mercilessly thrashed. We had him transferred to Sangrur jail, and helium aboriginal recovered completely. He was acceptable erstwhile helium appeared for a tribunal proceeding successful Ludhiana successful January. Now, the constabulary assertion helium suffered a terrible diabetes attack, starring to kidney failure. He was admitted to Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, for the past 2 to 3 days, but the constabulary did not pass his family. They lone informed them past nighttime erstwhile his information deteriorated and helium was taken to PGIMER. By the clip his household reached, helium had died,” Sharma said.
Arrest and transgression history
Neutron was arrested from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, connected August 20 past twelvemonth successful a associated cognition by Ludhiana Police and the counter-intelligence wing. Police had alleged helium had links with jailed gangster Boota Khan, besides known arsenic Bagga, and executed astir of his crimes nether Khan’s directions.
Neutron was wanted successful astatine slightest 18 cases, including murder, effort to murder, dacoity, and weapons smuggling. On June 25 past year, helium had posted a video connected societal media claiming that the constabulary had falsely implicated his woman successful a execution case. In the video, helium offered to surrender if the constabulary released his woman and warned that if they did not, helium would “smuggle much weapons and thatch them a lesson.” He had besides alleged that helium wanted to instrumentality to the mainstream for the involvement of his household and daughter, but the constabulary were dragging him and his household into mendacious cases.
He was released connected bail successful March 2024. Soon after, connected April 7, helium and his accomplices allegedly attempted to execution a household successful Ludhiana’s Dugri area, starring to the decease of an aged woman, Surjit Kaur. Following her death, execution charges were added to the FIR, and Neutron went connected the tally earlier being arrested successful Uttar Pradesh successful August past year.
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After the April 7 incident, 4 much FIRs were lodged against him and his aides successful Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, including 1 for an alleged carjacking successful UP.
Links to pack violence
On July 12 past year, Ludhiana Police arrested his brother, Sumit Kumar alias Ultron, and 3 different aides for allegedly opening occurrence extracurricular the location of his rival, Navi, earlier fleeing connected a bike. Later, connected August 1, Khanna Police arrested members of his pack for allegedly opening occurrence astatine AS College, Khanna, injuring astatine slightest 2 people.
Ludhiana DCP Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said Neutron entered the satellite of transgression arsenic a teenager. He was archetypal lodged successful Borstal jailhouse successful 2017-18 for an effort to execution case. After securing bail, helium was arrested again successful a execution lawsuit and transferred to Amritsar jail, wherever helium came into interaction with Boota Khan and joined his gang.
DCP Teja added that Neutron named himself aft the technological word “neutron” to signify that helium was not a small-time transgression but a “big shot, not little than immoderate bomb.”
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In February 2023, 2 of his aides were arrested with six amerciable weapons allegedly smuggled from Madhya Pradesh connected Neutron’s directions portion helium was lodged successful Nabha jail. Police claimed helium utilized Instagram to onslaught the weapons deal.
Divya Goyal is simply a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based successful Punjab. Her involvement lies successful exploring some quality and diagnostic stories, with an effort to bespeak quality involvement astatine the bosom of each piece. She writes connected sex issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among different subjects. She has besides extensively covered issues of number communities successful Pakistan and Afghanistan. She besides explores the bequest of India's partition and chiseled stories from some West and East Punjab. She is simply a golden medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the astir revered authorities institute for media studies successful India, from wherever she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her probe enactment connected “Role of micro-blogging level Twitter successful contented procreation successful newspapers” had won accolades astatine IIMC. She had started her vocation successful people journalism with Hindustan Times earlier switching to The Indian Express successful 2012. Her investigative study successful 2019 connected sex disparity portion treating women cause addicts successful Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity successful 2020. She won different Laadli for her crushed study connected the conflict of 2 girls who thrust a vessel to scope their schoolhouse successful the borderline colony of Punjab. ... Read More
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