LUDHIANA: A day after the blast in Ludhiana district courts complex, police officers on Friday hinted at a link between Thursday’s explosion and the Jalalabad cycle blast which had led to the arrest of many accused by Jagraon cops about one and half months ago. There is also a possibility that these accused may be brought on a production warrant for investigation in this case.
On November 13, Ludhiana rural police had arrested two persons for providing shelter and logistical support to Jalalabad blast accused Ranjeet Singh alias Gora. Those arrested were identified as Gora’s father Jaswant Singh alias Shinda Baba of Jhugge Nihanga Wale village in Ferozepur and Balwant Singh of Walipur Khurd village in Ludhiana. The case is being investigated by the NIA.
A senior officer of Ludhiana rural police said that following the arrests they had recovered 5kg of RDX from a paint box hidden by Gora in agriculture fields at Ali Ke village near India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur district. He added that all the accused are in Ludhiana Jail now.
The officer, who did not want to named, said the accused were part of a terror module and since such modules are interconnected, they could provide some sort of information in the Ludhiana bomb blast case. He added that there were indications of possibility of such attack following recovery of explosives, including RDX, from the Ferozepur border and 1 kg and 800 grams of another explosive from a person in Nathowal area.
A Ludhiana police officer, who is a senior investigator, said they might bring the Jalalabad bomb blast accused on production remand for questioning in the case.
Former DGP Shashi Kant said that such incidents suggest that central agencies and Punjab police haven’t been able to neutralise the sleeper cells. He added that terror modules are linked with each other so a perpetrator in one incident had links with persons behind other such incidents. He further said that jailed persons involved in such explosive-related cases should be questioned as they could provide leads.
UAPA case
After a tiffin bomb was found in fields at Ferozepur, on November 1, Ludhiana rural police had registered a case under sections 212 (harbouring offender) and 216 (harbouring offender) of the IPC and sections 18 and 19 of the UAPA Act.
On November 13, Ludhiana rural police had arrested two persons for providing shelter and logistical support to Jalalabad blast accused Ranjeet Singh alias Gora. Those arrested were identified as Gora’s father Jaswant Singh alias Shinda Baba of Jhugge Nihanga Wale village in Ferozepur and Balwant Singh of Walipur Khurd village in Ludhiana. The case is being investigated by the NIA.
A senior officer of Ludhiana rural police said that following the arrests they had recovered 5kg of RDX from a paint box hidden by Gora in agriculture fields at Ali Ke village near India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur district. He added that all the accused are in Ludhiana Jail now.
The officer, who did not want to named, said the accused were part of a terror module and since such modules are interconnected, they could provide some sort of information in the Ludhiana bomb blast case. He added that there were indications of possibility of such attack following recovery of explosives, including RDX, from the Ferozepur border and 1 kg and 800 grams of another explosive from a person in Nathowal area.
A Ludhiana police officer, who is a senior investigator, said they might bring the Jalalabad bomb blast accused on production remand for questioning in the case.
Former DGP Shashi Kant said that such incidents suggest that central agencies and Punjab police haven’t been able to neutralise the sleeper cells. He added that terror modules are linked with each other so a perpetrator in one incident had links with persons behind other such incidents. He further said that jailed persons involved in such explosive-related cases should be questioned as they could provide leads.
UAPA case
After a tiffin bomb was found in fields at Ferozepur, on November 1, Ludhiana rural police had registered a case under sections 212 (harbouring offender) and 216 (harbouring offender) of the IPC and sections 18 and 19 of the UAPA Act.
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