Racket was being operated on directions of Australia-based Ritik Rally and a jail inmate; arrested persons were smuggling weapons from Madhya Pradesh, says Amritsar commissioner of police
Police said that based on electronic surveillance and local informers’ network, it surfaced that when the two main accused in the crime Siraj Ahmad (70) and his son Faraz (38) escaped after the bloodbath, their SUV broke down near Maal area. Thereafter, they called Shobhit, a contractual employee with the information department. Shobhit later asked one Deepak for help. The two gave the accused lift till Sitapur bus station in a vehicle.