Gangster Amritpal Amri Killed While Trying To Escape Cops In Punjab

According to the police, the gangster opened fire at the police while trying to escape and was killed in the exchange of fire that followed.

Gangster Amritpal Singh Amri, 22 years, was killed in a gunfight with the police while trying to flee in Amritsar's Jandiala Guru area on Wednesday, Amritsar(Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police, Satinder Singh said. According to the police officer, Amri opened fire at the police and was killed in the exchange of fire that followed.. 

He was arrested by the police on Tuesday, the SSP told reporters, adding, "During interrogation, he disclosed that he had hidden 2 kilograms of heroin. We brought him here to recover the narcotics.” 

“He had a pistol hidden along with narcotics, and he opened fire at the police officials, injuring them. In response, police fired in self-defence killing the gangster,” he added. 

He was part of the gang run by a notorious criminal called Happy Jatt, Singh said. 

While the police were seizing the two kg of heroin, Amritpal took out a 9 mm pistol and opened fire, leaving one official injured. Another official had a narrow escape as a bullet pierced through his turban, the SSP said, according to a PTI report. 

The gangster was allegedly involved in at least four murders and two attempted murder cases, Singh said.

Amri belonged to Bhagwa village near Jandiala Guru, according to an India Today report. 

On Saturday, the National Investigation Agency said it has arrested a key absconding accsued in the Attari border heroin seizure case.  

The case pertained to the smuggling of 102 kilograms of narcotics from Afghanistan via the India-Pakistan border in April 2022.