Kapurthala, June 25 -- Police on Wednesday arrested two alleged associates of gangster Sonu Khatri in connection with last month's firing incident at the New Vegetable Market in Maqsudan and recovered illegal firearms, ammunition, heroin and ICE (methamphetamine) from their possession.

Addressing a press conference, superintendent of police (investigation) Harinder Singh Gill said that acting on a tip-off, a team of Sultanpur Lodhi police arrested Amandeep Singh, a resident of Sultanpur Lodhi, from Gazipur Road. During his search, police recovered two illegal firearms - a .30-bore pistol and a .32-bore pistol - along with two magazines and 10 live cartridges.

During preliminary interrogation, Amandeep disclosed that one of the weapons b...