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Mar 18, 2024 1:26 PM - The Connect News

The person who threatened the former Chief Minister of Punjab was arrested

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The accused has been identified as Deepak Sri Sant Cable, a resident of Maharashtra, who is an ex-student of hotel management. The accused has worked as a chef in many hotels. (Photo:Facebook/Charanjit Singh Channi)

The Punjab Police has claimed to solve the case of ex-Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi demanding a ransom of Rs 2 crore and giving death threats. Ropar police has arrested an accused in this case.

The accused has been identified as Deepak Sri Sant Cable, a resident of Maharashtra, who is an ex-student of hotel management. The accused has worked as a chef in many hotels.

These days he was working in the stock market. This information is from S. Ropar. SP Gulneet Singh Khurana gave. The police investigation revealed that the accused is not a criminal by profession. He chose this path to earn easy money. His parents were dead.

The accused told during police interrogation that he had heard the name of gangster Goldie Brar a lot, in such a situation he called CM Charanjit Singh Channi by taking his name.

Police officials said that the accused said that he was involved in the act alone. Although the police suspect that this gang may be big, the police have remanded the accused for three days.

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