Police post attack case: NIA searches 15 Babbar Khalsa-linked locations in Punjab, Haryana

Incriminating materials, including mobiles and integer devices, were seized during the searches

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) connected Thursday searched aggregate locations linked to the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) panic organisation successful Punjab and Haryana.

A full of 15 locations were searched successful Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Pathankot, Kapurthala, Rupnagar districts of Punjab and Sirsa successful Haryana successful transportation with the January 2025 grenade onslaught astatine a constabulary station successful Amritsar territory of Punjab.

A big of incriminating materials, including mobiles/digital devices and documents, were seized during the searches, and are being examined for further clues to the panic syndicate of BKI.

The onslaught connected Police Chowki Gumtala nether Police Station Cantonment was 1 of a bid of specified attacks carried retired by BKI operatives crossed instrumentality enforcement establishments successful the 2 northbound Indian states.

It was claimed by Happy Passian, a foreign-based operative of the proscribed BKI.

Investigations had revealed that the grenade, arsenic good arsenic backing for the panic onslaught were provided by Sarwan Singh, alias Bhola, to the perpetrators Bagga Singh, alias Rinku, and Mandeep Singh, alias, Magga. Bagga was arrested successful February 2025 by Punjab Police, which had initially investigated the case. Mandeep Singh is absconding.

As portion of its investigation, the NIA, which took implicit the lawsuit successful April 2025 and re-registered it, searched the premises of accused and suspects linked to Mandeep arsenic good arsenic Sarwan Singh, alias Bhola, presently based successful the US, and his member Mandeep Singh, alias Makka.

Bhola and Makka are brothers of notorious cause smuggler Ranjit Singh, alias Cheeta, who has been antecedently arrested by the NIA successful 2 narco-terror cases.

Sarwan Singh, alias Bhola, is besides an accused successful the 2nd narco-terror case.

The BKI has been engaged successful a transgression conspiracy to enlistee and bid India-based associates, and to supply funds, weapons and explosives to the tract operatives of the panic outfit done their associates and acquaintances based abroad, including successful Pakistan.

The conspiracy is aimed astatine carrying retired large-scale panic acts connected Indian soil.