Four days after a pro-Khalistan poster was found pasted on the wall of Shri Kali Mata Mandir, the Patiala Police on Tuesday cracked the case with the arrest of two persons linked with Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), said IG Patiala MS Chhina and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patiala Deepak Pareek. The police said that the arrested admitted their involvement in making arrangements for Sidhu Moosewala’s killers. An investigation into this matter is underway.
A poster of SFJ related to ‘Khalistan referendum’ was seen pasted on the backside wall of Shri Kali Mata Mandir on the intervening night of 14 and 15 July 2022. Those arrested have been identified as Harwinder Singh alias Prince, a native of Salempur Sekhan village in Shambu and currently residing in Rajpura; and Prem Singh alias Ekam of Salempur, Sekhan village in Shambu. The police have also recovered 13 posters of SFJ related to the Khalistan referendum, two mobile phones and a bike used for committing the offence.
Addressing a press conference, IG Patiala MS Chhina and SSP Pareek said that the entire investigation of this case was monitored by the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab. During the investigation, it was revealed that the poster was pasted by Harwinder alias Prince and Prem after foreign-based anti-national elements lured them to perform such acts in lieu of money .