September 23, 2024

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2021 Pathankot blasts: Uttarakhand STF nabs 4 who aided key accused Sukhpreet Singh

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DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Particular Job Drive (STF) in a joint operation with Udham Singh Nagar district police on Saturday arrested 4 males who supplied lodging and different help to the accused of Punjab bomb blasts Sukhpreet Singh aka ‘Sukh’ who’s at the run.

Curiously, Sukhpreet Singh who’s sought after within the bomb blasts controlled to escape from the spot stated the police officers. 

Ajay Singh, senior SP (STF), stated, “We’ve recovered a .32 bore pistol and a Ford Figo automotive from their ownership and booked them below phase 25 (1A) of the Fingers Act 1959 and phase 19 of the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) 1967. The 4 accused had been produced in courtroom. We’ve additionally knowledgeable the central businesses and the Punjab police.”

In November 2021, Navashehar and Ludhiana towns have been rocked through blasts. 

The STF officers stated there have been two terror incidents — In a single incident, some unidentified folks hurled hand grenades close to Chakki Pull in Pathankot on November 11, 2021 whilst any other grenade assault happened outdoor Triveni Dwar, 21 sub-area of Military cam within the town on November 21, 2021.

Barinderjit Singh, senior SP, Udham Singh Nagar district, informed The New Indian Categorical: “After an intel was once shared through the Punjab police, we began joint operation with STF to arrest the accused. Raids have been performed at a number of suspected hideouts in Pantnagar the town of the district from the place we controlled to nab the 4 accused.”

The 4 accused identifies as Shamsher Singh alias Shera (26), Harpreet Singh alias Glad (24), Gurpal Singh alias Guri Dhillon (24), and Ajmer Singh alias Laddi have been nabbed in Udham Singh Nagar district of the state. 

The accused are related to Khalistan Tiger Drive (KTF), World Sikh Formative years Federation (ISYF), and have been involved with their handlers in Australia, Serbia, and Canada by way of web and WhatsApp calls.

A case has been already registered in Pathankot of Punjab. On January 11, 2022, the Punjab police arrested six operatives of the ISYF. 

Right through the interrogation, the arrested accused printed that they have been immediately involved with the self-proclaimed Leader of ISYF (Rode) Lakhbir Singh Rode who’s living in Lahore of Pakistan, and Arshdeep Singh, a resident of Canada and an energetic member of KTF. 

Nilesh Anand Bharney, deputy inspector basic of the Kumaon department, stated that those teams goal Sikh youths and radicalize them.

“The modus operandi comes to making touch thru social media and introducing radical concepts to brainwash them. An investigation is being performed within the subject to unearth a community and give a boost to device of those teams within the state, ” stated Bharney.