Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS): Punjab Police on Thursday solved the sensational 30 kg gold robbery case of Ludhiana with the arrest of inter-state gangster, Gagan Judge, after high drama in the Sector 36 market here.

Gagan made an abortive attempt to fire at the Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) team that cornered him in the market following a tip-off, but he was arrested as the police team foiled his attempt to shoot at them.

Directo General Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta has announced a reward for the OCCU team for their bravery, and said raids were being conducted to nab other members of the gang and Gagan's accomplices in the Ludhiana case.

Gagan was among the five suspects involved in the robbery, which took place around three weeks ago.

Gagan Judge and his gang members are reportedly involved in more than two dozen crimes of contract killing attempt to murder, extortion, auto snatching and other serious criminal activities.

He was closely with associated with another absconding gangster, Jaipal.

Giving details of the operation, conducted under the close supervision of Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, IG (OCCU), the DGP lauded the team for the successful operation.

Vijay Pratap Singh said around 31 lakh cash apart from one pistol, two magazines and 50 live cartridges had been recovered from the possession of Gagan Judge.

He said the gang used to call its members on wireless handsets to avoid interception of phone calls.