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JAMMU: An interstate gang of robbers was busted Saturday with the arrest of three persons in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir , police said. A pistol along with five live rounds were recovered from the kingpin of the gang, who is a resident of Punjab, a police spokesman said.He said the gang was busted following investigation into the recent robbery incidents at a petrol pump and a shop in the district. Singh, who goes by the alias 'Pamma', is a resident of Punjab. "During questioning, he admitted his involvement in both the robberies," the spokesman said, adding that Singh is the prime accused in a 2014 murder case registered at R S Pura police station in Jammu. Two petrol pump employees and a shopkeeper were shot at and injured when armed robbers struck a filling station at Chadwal on March 24 and a shop in Parliwand on February 8 before looting cash.Based on specific information, police arrested the kingpin, Balbir Singh, from Badholi area in Hiranagar (Kathua) and seized a pistol from him, the spokesman said..