Jan 29, 2025 05:00 AM IST
A hand grenade and two subtle pistols together with ammunition have been recovered from their possession
Almost two weeks after an explosion rocked Amritsar’s Gumtala police publish, the state particular operation cell (SSOC) claimed to have busted a Pakistan-ISI backed narco terror-module, being operated by US-based terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Blissful Passia and infamous drug smuggler Sarwan Bhola, with the arrest of two members.
Weapons recovered from the accused. (Sourced)
The accused have been recognized as Bagga Singh of Sirsa, Haryana, and Puskaran Singh alias Sagar of Amritsar.
Police groups have additionally recovered a hand grenade and two subtle pistols together with ammunition from their possession.
Whereas police had initially maintained that the explosion was a results of a automotive radiator going off, Punjab director basic of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday mentioned a hand grenade had been lobbed on the police publish.
Yadav mentioned investigations have revealed that the accused Bagga Singh is a relative of Sarwan Bhola, the brother of infamous smuggler Ranjit Singh alias Cheeta, who’s at present lodged in Bathinda jail in a 532 kg heroin restoration case. Pertinently, Bhola can also be wished in a 532 kg heroin restoration case and carries a ₹2 lakh reward introduced by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA).
The DGP mentioned Bhola had obtained the 2 accused in contact with Blissful Passia and Harvinder Rinda.
The DGP mentioned investigations are on to ascertain ahead and backward linkages on this case and unveil all the terror module.
AIG, SSOC Amritsar, Sukhminder Singh Mann mentioned that after the assault on Gumtala police publish, police groups had launched an intelligence operation and arrested Bagga Singh from Sirsa in Haryana and Pushkaran Singh from Amritsar space, resulting in restoration of explosives and weapons.
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