“Afridi had tried to escape from the police custody in 2007 when he was being taken to a court but had failed. But in 2009, he escape bid was successful,” he said, adding that he was later arrested in 2016 by Mohali Police, but he came out on bail in January 2017 and resumed his criminal activities. He was a proclaimed offender (PO) in many cases and wanted in Mohali and Tarn Taran too.Khakh said acting on a tip-off, the CI wing and Jalandhar rural police formed a joint team to nab the gangster on his way to Jalandhar.Khakh said Afridi was a college dropout and had later formed his gang. JALANDHAR: The counter intelligence (CI) wing along with Jalandhar Rural Police on Tuesday arrested Iqbal Singh Afridi, the head of infamous Cobra gang, and seized .32 bore revolver, 17 live cartridges from his car.CI assistant inspector general H P S Khakh said Afridi was a notorious gangster of the Majha region and was involved in more than 20 cases, including murder, attempt to murder, gang wars and extortion.On February 3 last year, Afridi had allegedly stripped a woman naked in Fatehabad in Tarn Taran and he was also wanted in a case of gang war in Goindwal Sahib in Tarn Taran, that had left four people dead.
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