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<div>{{Short description|Indian organized crime group}}<br />
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'''Kala Kachcha Gang''' (also known as '''Kale-Kachchewale''' or '''Kale Kachche Gang''') refers to certain [[Organized crime in India|organized]] criminal [[gangs]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]. The Kala Kachcha gang members are robbers and [[dacoit]]s (bandits), who don police uniform or 'Kale Kachche' (black underpants)<ref name="tribmarch"/> to evade detection. They put grease on their body as lubricant. Harshdeep Singh from Mahla, Amritsar, Punjab is the leader of this gang.<br />
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There are many such gangs suspected to be active in Punjab. They usually target families living at isolated places in the countryside and always thrash their victims before robbing them. In 2014, the Mohali Police busted one such gang who allegedly carried out a spate of robberies in the [[Mohali district]] in June and July. Twelve of them were arrested while planning another robbery in an abandoned factory.<br />
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==Incidents==<br />
* In May 2007, the members of the gang attacked a family in Ladhowal. They beat up the family members, [[rape|raped]] two of them, and robbed gold jewelry.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://in.news.yahoo.com/070518/48/6fz09.html<br />
| title = Rape case registered against Kale Kachche gang<br />
| date = 19 May 2007<br />
| accessdate = 2007-09-22<br />
| archive-date = 7 January 2019<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107013146/https://in.news.yahoo.com/070518/48/6fz09.html%0A%20<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
* In June 2007, the gang members murdered a farmer, and snatched jewelry from his wife after hitting her.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://in.news.yahoo.com/070616/48/6h2l1.html<br />
| title = Robbers kill farmer and injure wife<br />
| date = 17 June 2007<br />
| accessdate = 2007-09-22<br />
}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><br />
* In December 2002, the Government ordered judicial probe into the gruesome murder of retired [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] (DSP), Pritam Singh, his wife and daughter by Kala Kachcha bandits on the intervening night of 2 and 3 December 2002.<br />
* On 3 October 2002, suspected kale-kachchewale gang members attacked and robbed a veterinary doctor and his two family members in [[Moga district]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031004/punjab1.htm#10<br />
| title = Robbers attack doctor, family members, loot cash, jewellery<br />
| newspaper = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]<br />
| date = 4 October 2003<br />
| accessdate = 2007-09-22<br />
}}</ref><br />
* The Punjab Government gave Rs. 20,000 to Savitri Devi, whose husband, Ram Chand, was killed with an encounter with the gang at Lachkani village.<!-- date> --><br />
* On 24 March 2000, the police busted a kale-kachchewale gang involved in several robberies in the districts of [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]], [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]], [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]] and [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]].<ref name="tribmarch">{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000325/punjab.htm#14<br />
| title = Criminal gang busted<br />
| newspaper = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]<br />
| date = 25 March 2000<br />
| accessdate = 2007-09-22<br />
}}</ref><br />
* On 15 October 1999, the members of a Kala Kachcha Gang killed two persons, raped a woman and robbed cash and valuables from a few houses. They were sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] on 29 April 2007.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070430/haryana.htm#8<br />
| title = 5 convicted of double murder<br />
| newspaper = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]<br />
| date = 30 April 2007<br />
| accessdate = 2007-09-22<br />
}}</ref><br />
* December 2006, the gang attacked a youth in [[Bathinda]] to [[extortion|extort]] funds. The youth was left for dead and only later admitted to hospital.{{fact|date=December 2009}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Chaddi Baniyan gang]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Organised crime in India}}<br />
[[Category:Organised crime groups in India]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in Punjab, India]]<br />
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