NIA chargesheets 3 in Punjab Police post grenade attack case

The National Investigation Agency took implicit the lawsuit from Punjab Police successful March 2025

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) connected Saturday chargesheeted 3 accused successful the 2024 lawsuit relating to a grenade onslaught connected a constabulary station by the banned Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) panic outfit successful Punjab’s SBS Nagar district.

Yugpreet Singh, alias Yuvi Nihung; Jaskaran Singh, alias Shah; and Harjot Singh, alias Jot Hundal, each hailing from Rahon colony successful SBS Nagar, person been charged nether assorted Sections of UA(P) Act, Explosive Substances Act and different related provisions.

The NIA has besides launched investigations against KZF main and Designated Individual Terrorist (DIT) Ranjit Singh, alias Neeta; outfit members Jagjit Singh Lahiri, alias Jagga; Jagga Miapur, alias Hari Singh (currently successful UK); and different unidentified panic operatives.

The NIA, which took implicit the lawsuit from Punjab Police successful March this year, has recovered that Jagga had recruited Yugpreet Singh done an acquaintance successful UK.

Along with different KZF terrorists and operatives, Jagga had radicalised Yugpreet and handled him via encrypted messaging applications. Jagga had besides provided Yugpreet with implicit Rs 4.36 lakh of panic funds done a analyzable concatenation of Canada-based entities, who person besides been identified and examined.

Yugpreet had successful crook recruited the different 2 chargesheeted accused and the trio had carried retired the onslaught astatine constabulary station Asron during the nighttime betwixt December 1 and 2, 2024.

The 3 accused had been provided the grenade by their foreign-based handlers earlier successful November 2024.

The NIA is continuing with its probe successful the lawsuit arsenic portion of its efforts to destruct KFZ’s attempts to transportation retired panic attacks connected instrumentality enforcement establishments and delicate installations, arsenic good arsenic targeted killings successful Punjab.