Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Police Kill Two Doni Bal Gang Shooters, Avert Mass Shooting
Police in Ludhiana said they stopped two suspected gang shooters on Sunday.
The men were allegedly connected to the Doni Bal gang.
Police said the suspects were traveling on a motorcycle without a registration number.
When officers tried to stop them, the suspects allegedly fired at the police.
Two bullets struck the police vehicle.
Police returned fire and killed both men.
Officers said the suspects were planning to attack people at a nearby blood donation camp.
Police recovered three pistols and about 50 bullets and are looking for possible accomplices.
Two alleged Doni Bal gang operatives, Karanjot Singh alias Nona and Sandeep Singh, were killed in a Ludhiana police encounter on Sunday.
The Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force and Ludhiana Police intercepted the suspects near the Atam Park underbridge while they were riding an unregistered motorcycle.
Police said the suspects opened fire during an attempted escape, hitting the official police vehicle with two bullets.
Authorities recovered three automatic pistols and about 50 live cartridges from the deceased suspects.
Police said the men were planning an attack at a blood donation camp on Dugri Road; one report also linked them to gangster Shaganpreet Singh.
- Who
- The deceased were identified as Karanjot Singh alias Nona and Sandeep Singh, both from Amritsar; the operation involved the Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force and Ludhiana Police.
- What
- Police said they killed two alleged Doni Bal gang shooters in an encounter and prevented a planned attack.
- When
- Sunday; one report was datelined September 13.
- Where
- Near the Under Bridge at Atam Park in Ludhiana, Punjab; the blood donation camp was at Maryland, also spelled Marryland, Palace on Dugri Road.
- Why
- Police said the suspects were allegedly planning a mass shooting targeting organizers and others at a blood donation camp.
- Deceased suspects
- Karanjot Singh alias Nona and Sandeep Singh
- Reported affiliations
- Police said the men were linked to gangster Doni Bal; one report also named Shaganpreet Singh.
- Police operation
- Joint action by the Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force and Ludhiana Police
- Weapons recovered
- Three sophisticated automatic pistols and approximately 50 live cartridges
- Encounter location
- Under Bridge near Atam Park, Ludhiana
- Intended target
- Organizers and others at a blood donation camp on Dugri Road
- Legal action
- A case was registered under specified provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 25 of the Arms Act.
