Chandigarh, April 23 -- In a major bust, the Chandigarh police caught a Haryana-based gangster - allegedly the main supplier of illegal weapons to criminals, including the Lucky Patial and Bambiha gangs, active in the city - after a brief encounter near the Rally Ground in Sector 25 on Wednesday morning.

This is the second encounter within the city this year. Earlier, two gangsters, wanted in a pharmacy firing case, were caught after a high-speed chase in Sector 39 on January 21.

The accused caught in Wednesday's encounter was identified as Mukesh Gohana alias Gullu, an accused in two Arms Act cases in Mauli Jagran - one registered in 2021, and the other this year. In the 2021 case, he has been declared a proclaimed offender. He was sho...