Chandigarh: Notorious gangster Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy Dhillon has been arrested in Spain and will be extradited to India soon, police sources said on Saturday.
The breakthrough followed a coordinated operation by the Punjab Police Anti-Gangster Task Force and other agencies, sources said.
Police said Dhillon was the mastermind behind the recent killing of a pharmacy cashier in Chandigarh.
On June 13, two masked men shot dead pharmacy cashier Janki Das (45) in broad daylight in Sector 11, Chandigarh. Several arrests have been made in the case.
Dhillon was involved in multiple serious crimes, including murder, robbery, attempt to murder, kidnapping, rioting, extortion and illegal arms supply, according to police.
Dhillon is believed to have fled India in 2022 and reached Germany initially before shifting his base.
Earlier, he was a close aide of the Goldy Brar-Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The National Investigation Agency had declared a ₹10 lakh reward on Dhillon.
