17
May
Gurpreet Singh :- Eight years after the high-profile murder of Congress councillor Gurdeep Pehalwan in Amritsar, the court acquitted gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and four others while convicted three others. Apart from Bhagwanpuria, the other gangsters acquitted were Bobby Malhotra, Bhupinder Singh alias Sonu Kangla, Kartik alias Ghora, and Varinder Singh alias Sunny. The court observed that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them beyond reasonable doubt. However, Arun Kumar alias Chhuri Maar, Angrej Singh, and Amanpreet Singh alias Rinka were convicted under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 148 (rioting while armed with deadly weapons), 302 (murder), 473 (forgery-related offences),…