In a major breakthrough, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has cracked the Mohali RPG attack case and Kurukshetra IED recovery case.
“Special cell arrested two key members of an international terror module, also involved in the Mohali RPG attack including Arshdeep Singh and a juvenile accused. Another accused Deepak who along with juvenile fired the rocket is still on the run,” HGS Dhaliwal,
Special CP, Delhi Police
Special Cell said.
“All accused have been found to be members of joint terror network of Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist Rinda and Canada-based gangster turned terrorist Lakhbir Singh Landa,” he added.
Terror accused wanted in Mohali RPG attack on Punjab Police Intelligence HQ has been arrested, police said. On May 9, Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters located in Mohali was attacked using a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG).
The Delhi Police has also arrested a terror accused, Arshdeep Singh, in Kurukshetra IED recovery case. On August 4, the Special Task Force of the Haryana Police had recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) packed with around 1.3 kg RDX near Shahabad in Kurukshetra district.
Addressing a press conference on May 13, the Punjab Police declared Lakhbir Singh Landa as the key conspirator in the Mohali blast case. The police had said that Landa was a resident of the Tarn Taran district, who is a gangster and shifted to Canada in 2017.
He was said to be a close associate of Harinder Singh Rinda, who is in close proximity to Babbar Khalsa International chief Wadhawa Singh, as a part of ISI and operates from Pakistan.
Lakhbir Singh Landa’s main associates- Nishan Singh and Charad Singh were also from the Tarn Taran district, who have been arrested by the police as Nishan provided shelter to the two accused (involved in the incident).
In May, the Central Intelligence Agencies had found the role of suspected overground workers of Khalistani extremists group associated with Pakistan-based terrorist groups in the Mohali blast.
On the night of May 9, a minor blast occurred outside the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali where no casualty or loss of life was reported.
“A minor explosion was reported at the Punjab Police Intelligence headquarters in sector 77, SAS Nagar at around 7:45 pm. No damage has been reported. Senior officers are on the spot and an investigation is being done,” Mohali police had said on May 9.
