DNA Exclusive: Anandpal bashed unknowingly
Just before the Churu encounter, the dreaded gangster Anandpal Singh, whose name struck terror and fear among the public, had to eat a humble pie when he was beaten up creditors of a person who had given him refuge.
The gangster, who had beaten up several men and even killed people with his bare hands, was made to beat a hasty retreat when just three men gave Anandpal the taste of his own medicine.
The story takes place in the backdrop of a village in Hanumangarh district and involves one more character – Sunil Sodhi. “Sodhi is an accused in the Rs 75 lakh loot at Bhadra. He was close to Anandpal and had taken a huge amount of money from various creditors on loan, an amount that he was not able to repay. For this, his creditors were also looking for him,” highly placed SOG officials said.
But Sodhi played another game. “He gave a safe house to Anandpal, thinking that he will be safe from his creditors as a Don as infamous as Anandpal was with him and fearing him, no one will dare to realise the loaned amount,” officials added.
However, this is where Sodhi was wrong. “Sometime in June, …read more
