Ludhiana court bomb blast case: In a major breakthrough, National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested absconding terrorist Harpreet Singh, accused in the Ludhiana court bomb blast case. According to reports, the fugitive terrorist was arrested when he arrived from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday (December 1).
Earlier in August this year, the NIA had announced a bounty on Singh, who was wanted by the agency in a case related to a conspiracy hatched by the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) for carrying out a blast in the Ludhiana court complex in 2021.
Singh worked with a Pakistan-based, self-styled Chief of ISYF
As per the NIA, Singh was an associate of Lakhbir Singh Rode, a Pakistan-based, self-styled Chief of the ISYF, who was also involved in the blast which killed one person and injured several others.
“Acting on the directions of Rode, Singh coordinated the delivery of the custom-made IED which had been sent from Pakistan to his India-based associates, that was used in the Ludhiana Court Complex blast,” the NIA stated.
(With inputs from ANI)
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