The interrogation of Ashish Kumar, the key supplier of arms to Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) ‘chief’ Happy PhD has led the Punjab Police to a major crackdown on illegal arms suppliers in which 23 persons includingtwogangsters and gun house owners were arrested at Jalalabad in Fazilka District of Punjab and adjoining States of Haryana and Rajasthan on February 13, reports The Tribune. As per the report, the Police raided several gun houses and in all, 36 weapons were seized during raids in Punjab and adjoining States of Haryana and Rajasthan. The seized arms included 14 double barrel breach loading (DBBL) 12-bore guns, four single barrel breach loading (SBBL) 12-bore guns, five 32-bore pistols, a 45-bore pistol, three 30-bore pistols, a 25-bore pistol and two carbines. The Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said, the investigation into the supply of illegal arms to criminals, especially gangsters, began with the arrest of ‘A’ category gangster Sukhpreet Singh alias Budda, in November 2019. The weapons supplied to Budda and his accomplices were used in the attack on Punjabi singer Parmish Verma in Mohali in April 2018, and committing murders, dacoities and extortions. Gupta further said, based on Ashish’s interrogation, the two gangsters – Gurpreet Singh alias Laddi, wanted in 20 criminal cases, and Neeraj Kumar alias Dhiraj Batta, wanted in 13 cases were arrested.