Through PTI
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police has arrested 5 other people in reference to the RPG assault at its intelligence headquarters in Mohali and mentioned a nexus of militant outfit Babbar Khalsa Global, Pakistan’s undercover agent company ISI and gangsters is at the back of it.
Addressing a press convention right here on Friday night time, Director Basic of Police V Okay Bhawra mentioned a 6th accused is in police custody in a separate case.
“As well as, two other people — Mohd Nasim Alam and Mohd Sharaf Raj — had been introduced for wondering from Noida. They firstly hail from Bihar. We have now now not arrested them but and they’re being wondered,” mentioned the DGP.
In an audacious assault on Monday, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) used to be fired on the state police’s intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali’s Sector 77.
Bhawra mentioned the plot at the back of the incident has been traced and a nexus of militant outfit Babbar Khalsa Global (BKI) and gangsters on the behest of Pakistan’s ISI has come to the fore.
“The important thing conspirator who organised all logistics, on this case, is Tarn Taran resident Lakhbir Singh, alias Landa, who was once a gangster and had shifted to Canada in 2017,” the DGP mentioned. “He’s an in depth affiliate of gangster-turned-terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda, who operates from Pakistan,” he mentioned.
The DGP mentioned Landa used to be the important thing handler, who equipped the RPG, AK-47 and the native community of criminals for logistic make stronger to hold out the assault.
When requested from the place the RPG got here, he mentioned going by way of the markings on it, apparently to be both from Russia or Bulgaria, which made it is manner from Pakistan into Tarn Taran, Punjab’s border district.
He mentioned the ones arrested are Jagdeep Singh Kang of Mohali; Baljit Kaur, alias Sukhi (50); Baljinder Singh, alias Rambo (41) of Patti, Tarn Taran; Kanwarjit Singh, alias Kanwar Bathtub (40), of Amritsar; and Anant Deep Singh, alias Sonu (32), of Guru Nanak Colony, Amritsar, he mentioned.
Two vehicles have additionally been recovered from their ownership. Some of the 3 individuals who performed the assault is Charath Singh, who may be a resident of Tarn Taran.
Alternatively, the 3 suspects who performed the assault are but to be arrested, mentioned the DGP.
The DGP mentioned Tarn Taran resident Nishan Singh, an accused within the case, is already underneath the custody of the Faridkot police in another case. He’s going to be arrested on this case too, he mentioned.
Nishan Singh is vital conspirator Lakhbir’s major affiliate. He used to be arrested by way of the Faridkot police a couple of days in the past, he mentioned.
The DGP mentioned Nishan Singh equipped safe haven, organized safe haven via his pals, retrieved the RPG and passed it over to these individuals who performed the assault. “But even so, Kanwar Bathtub and Baljit Kaur are contacts of Nishan Singh,” he mentioned whilst giving main points.
Anant Deep is a brother-in-law of Nishan Singh and used to lend a hand in offering logistic make stronger, he mentioned.
The RPG used to be retrieved from a location equipped by way of Landa. Rambo retrieved an AK-47 as informed to him by way of Nishan Singh. Rambo then took it and passed it over to Charath Singh, he mentioned.
Bhawra mentioned first of all Charath Singh had equipped hideouts to 2 attackers and later he passed over them to Nishan Singh, who had organized their keep on the place of abode of Kanwarjit Bathtub and Baljit Kaur in Amritsar from April 27 to Might 7.
Nishan Singh had additionally retrieved the RPG from the earmarked location at the Kulla-Patti street at the instructions of Landa, he added. “Their native touch in Mohali used to be Jagdeep Kang. He equipped the native logistic make stronger. Charath Singh and Jagdeep Singh Kang visited the world all over the day time on Might 9,” he mentioned.
“In spite of everything, Charath Singh and two extra who had come from outdoor carried out the assault,” mentioned the DGP.
The DGP mentioned the Punjab Police had been on manhunt to arrest Charathn Singh, who’s serving lifestyles sentence in a homicide case and is out on parole. They’re additionally looking for his two accomplices. Requested from the place did the 3 get the learning to fireside the RPG, the DGP quipped, “Glance, in this day and age many stuff are to be had at the YouTube, that’s the turn aspect of generation.”
Requested if any connection of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the Sikhs for Justice got here to the fore, he answered, “See, anything else going down in Punjab, Himachal, Pannun takes credit score of the entirety, so I can now not say anything else on that. The item is that it’s some terror organisations and a few gangsters, they’ve carried out it”.
Previous, police assets had mentioned Pakistan-based Rinda has been taking the assistance of native gangsters to hold out anti-national actions. His identify got here up when a fear plot used to be foiled not too long ago with the arrest of 4 suspected Pakistan-linked terrorists in Haryana’s Karnal.
Rinda’s involvement used to be additionally detected in a hand-grenade assault on the Crime Investigation Company (CIA) place of job in Nawanshahr final month.