“CHANDIGARH/LUDHIANA, November 5: Petrol bomb :
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state,
Punjab Counter Intelligence and Ludhiana Commissionerate Police have arrested four members of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module, which foreign-based individuals Harjit Singh alias Laddi and Sabi operate. Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav announced this development here on Tuesday.”
Four Arrested in Petrol Bomb Attacks on Shiv Sena Leaders
Authorities have identified the arrested individuals as Jaswinder Singh alias Binder, a resident of Boothgarh in Ludhiana; Ravinder Pal Singh alias Ravi (38), Manish Sahid alias Sanju (30), and Anil Kumar alias Honey (27), all of whom reside in Rahon, Nawanshahr. Police teams have also recovered two mobile phones and impounded the red coloured TVS Raider motorcycle (PB 32 AC 3770) used to commit the crimes.
“This operation has successfully solved the
petrol bomb incidents targeting Shiv Sena leaders, including the October 16, 2024, attack on Yogesh Bakshi’s residence and the recent November 2, 2024, incident at Harkirat Singh Khurana’s home in Model Town Extension, Ludhiana,” informed DGP Gaurav Yadav in a post on his X handle (formerly Twitter).
Petrol Bomb Attacks: Suspects Apprehended
As per the information, three unknown persons hurled a petrol bomb on the house of Shiv Sena leader Yogesh Bakshi located at New Chander Nagar in Haibowal, Ludhiana at around 9.40pm on October 16. A little over a fortnight after a similar petrol bomb attack took place on the house Shiv Sena Leader Harkirat Singh located in
Model Town Extention on the intervening night of Saturday.
The DGP stated that authorities want Harjit Singh, alias Laddi, a foreign-based handler, for the murder of Vikas Prabhakar in Nangal, Punjab. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced a bounty of Rs 10 Lakhs for his capture. Investigators are currently working to establish backward and forward linkages in this case, and they expect to make more arrests in the coming days, he added.
During a media interaction,
Commissioner of Police (CP) Ludhiana Kuldeep Singh Chahal shared details of the operation, stating that various teams from the Ludhiana Commissioner ate Police and Counter Intelligence (CI) formed under the supervision of DCP Investigation Shubham Aggarwal acted promptly to trace both cases. The CI team was led by AIG Simratpal Singh Dhindsa, while, ADCP Investigation Ludhiana Amandeep Singh Brar, ADCP Zone-3 Ludhiana Ramandeep Singh Bhullar, ACP Civil Lines Ludhiana Akarshi Jain and ACP West Ludhiana Gurdev Singh were leading different teams, he added.
BKI-BACKED FOREIGN-BASED INDIVIDUALS EMERGED AS MASTERMINDS
He said that the meticulous investigations including following the trail of CCTV footages and gathering of technical evidences led the the arrest of four members of BKI module involved in executing both the crimes.
The CP said that the police teams have recovered the red coloured motorcycle used by accused persons in both the crimes. “Investigators found that accused persons Anil alias Honey and Ravinder alias Ravi were present at both incidents, while arrested suspect
Jaswinder alias Binder accompanied them in the Haibowal area,” he said. “We have also identified the third person involved in hurling petrol bomb at a house located in
Model Town Extension and police teams are on manhunt to nab him,” said the CP.
In this regard, two separate cases including FIR no 147 dated 21-10-2024 u/s 125, 285, 324 BNS, later 113(2) BNS added, at Police Station Haibowal, Ludhiana and FIR No 14 dated 02-11-2024 u/s 125, 285, 324, 3(5) BNS, later 113(2) BNS added, at PS Model Town,
Ludhiana were already registeres
