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  "type": "article",
  "title": "Alleged Mastermind Amit Kumar Brought From Jammu To Chandigarh, Zigana Pistol Used In Janki Das Murder Still Untraced",
  "summary": "Police have brought alleged mastermind Amit Kumar alias Sharabi from Jammu to Chandigarh in the murder case of chemist shop cashier Janki Das, even as the Turkish made Zigana pistol used to fire 13 rounds in the killing remains untraced.",
  "content": "The investigation into the broad daylight murder of Janki Das, cashier at Shri Kumar Chemist Shop in Sector-11, Chandigarh, has reached a decisive stage. The alleged mastermind behind this high profile killing, Amit Kumar alias Sharabi, has been brought back from Jammu by Chandigarh Police on a production warrant. A police team escorted him from Samba to Chandigarh late in the evening. The development is being seen as a major breakthrough, since Amit Kumar had until now remained in the custody of Jammu Police, keeping Chandigarh investigators from questioning him directly.\n\nDetailed Interrogation Of The Mastermind To Begin\nPolice will now question Amit Kumar in depth about the entire conspiracy behind the murder. The interrogation aims to establish who commissioned the killing, how and from where the weapons were arranged, and what he knows about the remaining accused who are still on the run. Investigators are hopeful this round of questioning will help connect the missing links in the plot.\n\nAll Three Accused To Be Confronted Together\nAlongside this, police are also preparing to seek the remand of shooter Sunny Mehra, who was injured in a police encounter, and his associate Aryan Sharma. All three accused will be seated face to face and questioned together so that contradictions in their earlier statements can be ironed out. Police believe questioning the trio simultaneously will make clear exactly what role each of them played.\n\nThe Missing Weapon Remains The Biggest Hurdle\nThe most critical part of the probe is recovering the foreign made Zigana pistol used in the murder, from which 13 rounds were fired in just 1 second. Police are hopeful that questioning Amit will yield crucial clues about where the weapon is hidden and who helped make it disappear. Amit had earlier claimed during interrogation that he put the pistol in an envelope and threw it away in the Sector-43 area after the crime, but police have not been able to recover the weapon so far. This is precisely why investigators are now pinning their hopes on his remand interrogation in Chandigarh.\n\nThe Full Timeline Of Arrests So Far\nEarlier, Sunny Mehra and Aryan Sharma were arrested by Chandigarh Police from Jammu and Kashmir, while the alleged mastermind Amit Kumar alias Sharabi was arrested by Jammu Police. Since his arrest, Amit had remained continuously in Jammu Police custody and was questioned in separate seven day remand phases. Chandigarh Police will now take him on their own remand in an effort to get to the bottom of the entire network and conspiracy behind the murder.\n\nQuestions Police Are Still Trying To Answer\n• What was the real motive behind the murder of Janki Das?\n• Where exactly is the foreign made Zigana pistol hidden?\n• Who else was involved in the conspiracy to carry out the murder?\n• Are the threads of this murder linked to a bigger gang or an extortion network?\n\nWho Was Janki Das\nJanki Das was a resident of Dalgaon in the Rohru area of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh. His wife, Ina Machhret, had recently won the Pradhan election in their village. She works on an outsourced basis at PGI, and the couple had been living in Chandigarh for the past 20 years. Janki Das himself had long been working at a medical store. Two shooters in this case have already been arrested.\n\nThe Dangerous History Of The Turkish Made Zigana Pistol\nNotably, Janki Das was shot 13 times in just 1 second, and the weapon used was a Zigana pistol. The same type of Zigana pistol has previously been used to kill Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and UP gangster Atiq Ahmed. The pistol is manufactured in Turkiye and is completely banned in India, entering the country only through smuggling. Its price starts at four lakh rupees. This is exactly why recovering this particular weapon has become one of the most sensitive and important parts of the entire investigation.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: The case highlights how banned, Turkish made Zigana pistols continue to enter the country through smuggling networks, posing a serious challenge for law enforcement nationwide.\n• In Chandigarh: The broad daylight killing in a busy market like Sector-11 has raised safety concerns among local shopkeepers and residents, and police are now working to expose the wider gang network behind it.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Where and how was Janki Das murdered?\nCashier Janki Das was shot dead in broad daylight at Shri Kumar Chemist Shop in Sector-11, Chandigarh.\n\n2. Who is the mastermind of the murder and how was he brought in?\nThe mastermind is Amit Kumar alias Sharabi, whom Chandigarh Police brought from Samba in Jammu on a production warrant.\n\n3. Which pistol was used in the murder?\nA foreign made Zigana pistol was used to fire 13 rounds in just 1 second.\n\n4. Has the pistol used in the murder been recovered?\nNo, Amit had claimed during interrogation that he threw the pistol in an envelope in the Sector-43 area, but it has not been recovered so far.\n\n5. How many people have been arrested in this case so far?\nThree accused, Amit Kumar, Sunny Mehra and Aryan Sharma, have been arrested, with Sunny Mehra also injured in a police encounter.\n\n6. Who was Janki Das?\nHe was a resident of Dalgaon in Rohru, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, and had been living in Chandigarh for the past 20 years while working at a medical store.\n\n7. What is notable about his wife?\nHis wife Ina Machhret recently won the Pradhan election in their village and works on an outsourced basis at PGI.\n\n8. When was a similar Zigana pistol used before?\nThe same type of Zigana pistol was previously used to kill Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and UP gangster Atiq Ahmed.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/investigations/amit-kumar-urpha-sharabi-ko-jammu-se-chandigarh-lai-pulisa-zigana-pistala-ka-suraga-aba-bhi-nahin-mila-4323",
  "category": "Investigations",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-03",
  "tags": [
    "Janki Das murder",
    "Chandigarh Police",
    "Zigana pistol",
    "Amit Kumar Sharabi",
    "Sunny Mehra",
    "Sector 11 Chandigarh",
    "Sidhu Moosewala murder"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}