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2 shooters of Khalistani terrorist arrested, wanted to attack Punjabi singer

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Five members of Canada-based designated terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla’s gang were on Monday arrested by Delhi Police, which claimed they were planning to kill popular Punjabi singer Elly Mangat.

Dalla has links with banned terror outfit Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and is wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Punjab police for heinous crimes such as murder, extortion, targeted killings and running terror modules.

The accused have been identified as Rajpreet Singh, Virender Singh, Sachin Bhati, Arpit Dhankar and Susheel Pradhan, the police said. Rajpreet and Virender were arrested in Mayur Vihar area of the city after a brief exchange of fire in which Virender suffered a gunshot injury in his leg, officials said, adding the duo was planning to kill Mr. Mangat.