Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations linked with the banned-terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in several northern regions in the Chandigarh grenade attack case, officials said on Wednesday.
NIA teams searched various locations connected with the BKI in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh. The raids were carried out at the premises of suspects linked to US-based terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passian in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Bathinda and Ferozepur districts of Punjab, Lakhimpur Kheri district in UP, Rudrapur district in Uttarakhand, and in Chandigarh.
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Incriminating materials including mobiles/digital devices and documents were seized during the searches, officials added.
The case registered on the directions of the Union Home Ministry, relates to a hand grenade attack at a house in sector 10/D, Chandigarh on September 9, 2024 by arrested accused Rohan Masih and Vishal Masih.
NIA investigations, so far in the case, have hinted at a conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda and US-based Happy Passian, both terrorists belonging to BKI, to attack a retired police officer.
The two terrorists had raised a module to carry out the terror attack and had provided funds, weapons and other logistical support to the on-ground operatives.
The conspiracy involved recruitment of associates from India by accused masterminds and handlers in foreign countries for carrying out terror activities, providing funds, smuggling of terror hardware into India, and movement of terror hardware through a dead drop model, officials noted.
Further investigations in the case are underway, they said.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
