Dilpreet Singh Baba’s name is also one of the many gangsters of Punjab. Dilpreet is currently in jail, but at one time his target was singers and actors from Punjab. Dilpreet Singh Baba is a resident of Dhahan village of Rupnagar, Punjab. Initially, he studied in the college of Ropar and was a student of average standard. Dilpreet, who returned to the village in the midst of studies, had a fight with some youth of the village itself, then the panchayat pacified the matter. But a few days later, he and his sister were again attacked, in which Dilpreet had also badly hit some boys.
In the year 2016, on May 18, in a case, Dilpreet was caught by the police when some youth attacked the police team and rescued him. Dilpreet, who escaped from police custody, later carried out several cases of robbery, murder, kidnapping and ransom.
The Category-A gangster Dilpreet was arrested in a joint operation by the Chandigarh and Punjab police from ISBT, Sector 43, Chandigarh. The arrest was made after a brief gun battle with the police in July 2019. He, reportedly, surrendered when a police bullet hit him in the thigh while he was attempting to flee the scene after opening fire on the police squad.
Dilpreet had earlier escaped from the Punjab Police custody with the help of his fellow gangsters in July 2016, while being transferred from the Ropar jail to the Hoshiarpur jail in a drugs case.
Known for
Dilpreet, a few years ago, had claimed that he had attacked Punjabi singer Parmish Verma. He also posted a photo of himself carrying a gun and another of Verma with a cross drawn it on Facebook. The gangster also demanded a ransom of Rs 10 Lakh from the singer.
He had also made an extortion call to Gippy Grewal, a well-known singer-actor. In addition, on April 9, 2018, he fatally shot a sarpanch in Chandigarh.
Baba was involved in shooting Punjabi singer Parmish Verma in April 2018. He is also a close aide of the Bambiha gang which is a rival of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The Bishnoi gang is involved in the murder of Punjabi singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moosewala.
Arrest in 2022
Recently he was arrested in Mohali where Police recovered five pistols of .30 and .32 bore and 15 live cartridges of .32 bore. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vivek Sheel Soni said that Pamma was booked in 18 criminal cases which included armed robbery, drug smuggling and cases under the Arms Act.
