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Punjab police arrested Jobanpreet Singh in Mumbai in the Mad Sandhu murder investigation.
The Hindu, NDTV, and The Times of India reported that on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, Punjab Police Counter Intelligence in Jalandhar, working with Maharashtra ATS, arrested Jobanpreet Singh in Mumbai's Chembur area and recovered three pistols, five magazines, and 11 cartridges. Police say he arranged weapons, financing, and logistics for the Oct. 3 Amritsar killing of influencer Madhu Sudan Singh, known as Mad Sandhu. The arrest is an accusation.
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An arrest and a weapons recovery are investigative steps. They are not a conviction. Police say 11 people, including one of the shooters, have now been arrested in the Sandhu case. Foreign-based handlers remain under investigation, according to those reports.
The Hindu reported Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, that Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said Counter Intelligence Jalandhar, coordinating with Maharashtra ATS, apprehended Jobanpreet Singh, a resident of village Jandoke in Tarn Taran district, from Chembur in Mumbai. NDTV and The Times of India reported the same breakthrough and said officers recovered three pistols—including a 9mm Glock, a 9mm Beretta, and a .30-bore PX5—plus five magazines and 11 live cartridges.
On Oct. 3, 2026, two motorcycle-borne assailants shot Madhu Sudan Singh, known as Mad Sandhu, on Loharka Road in Amritsar, The Hindu reported. An FIR was registered at Police Station Cantonment in Commissionerate Amritsar under BNS sections 103 and 3(5) and Arms Act sections 25 and 27, according to that account. Preliminary investigation, as DGP Yadav described it to The Hindu, established that Jobanpreet arranged weapons, financing, and logistical support for the shooters at the behest of foreign-based handlers. During interrogation, police said, he confessed to three separate extortion-linked firing incidents in Tarn Taran. Those are the police account. They are not findings a court has entered.
The Hindu reported that two module associates, Harsimranjit Singh alias Sangha and Fateh Singh of Village Sanghe, Tarn Taran, were earlier arrested in Surat with Gujarat ATS, and that 11 people total, including one of the shooters, have been arrested. Further investigation into the wider network continues, police said. Mad Sandhu was a Punjabi influencer and makeup artist who appeared on podcasts and faced homophobic trolling online, NDTV reported. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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