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| TNNJammu: A joint police team from Jammu has arrested three suspected members of Khauf gang, a Jammu-based criminal syndicate, in Delhi. The trio includes Karanjit Singh alias Gugga, a murder accused wanted in 13 FIRs, who escaped a juvenile observation home in RS Pura along with two Pakistani inmates in Feb.Addressing reporters Wednesday, SSP Jammu Joginder Singh said Gugga, a native of RS Pura’s Dablehar area, is an accused in the Gataroo gang rivalry murder case and several other FIRs involving attempted murder, assault, rioting, criminal intimidation and possession of illegal weapons. SP HQ Anna Lata Sinha and SP SOG Mohan Lal Sharma were also present at the press interaction.The other two arrested are Naresh Kumar alias Major from Arnia, and Rahul Kumar alias Sundi from Makhanpur, Bishnah. Naresh is involved in cases of violent assault, rioting and illegal possession of weapons. Rahul faces charges under the NDPS Act and Prisons Act for allegedly smuggling drugs into jail, police said. Both are closely associated with the Khauf gang.

The SSP said the arrests, carried out by Jammu Police and SOG Jammu, are part of police’s ongoing efforts to trace fugitive offenders linked with organised criminal networks. He said further investigation is underway and more arrests are likely.Gugga fled the RS Pura observation home along with Ahsan Anwar of Nankana Sahib and Mohammad Sanaullah of Basti Jawewala in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Feb 16, 2026, after assaulting and firing at cops guarding the facility. Haryana Police caught the Pakistani duo at Ambala Cantonment railway station the next day and handed them over to their J&K counterparts, even as Gugga remained on the run. Pertinently, all three were undertrials in different cases and had attained majority at the time of their escape.