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- NIA had declared a reward of Rs 10 lakh on fugitive terrorist Harpreet Singh.
- Harpreet Singh was the conspirator of 2021 Ludhiana court bomb blast
- Singh was an associate of Lakhbir Singh Rode, the self-styled head of the Pakistan-based, ISYF.
ludhiana court bomb blast case In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested absconding terrorist Harpreet Singh, accused in the Ludhiana court bomb blast case. According to reports, on Thursday (December 1), the fugitive terrorist who arrived from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was arrested.
Singh is a resident of Miyadi Kala village which comes under Amritsar district of Punjab. He was allegedly involved in various cases including smuggling of explosives, arms and narcotics and was wanted.
Earlier in August this year, the NIA had declared a reward of Rs 10 lakh on Singh, who was wanted by the agency in a case related to a conspiracy hatched by the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) to carry out the blast in Ludhiana. Court Complex in 2021.
Singh worked with the Pakistan-based, self-styled head of ISYF
According to the NIA, Singh was an associate of Lakhbir Singh Rode, the self-styled head of the Pakistan-based, ISYF, who was also involved in the blast that killed one person and injured six others.
“Acting on the instructions of Rode, Singh coordinated the delivery of custom-made IEDs, which were sent from Pakistan to his India-based associates, which were used in the Ludhiana Court Complex blast,” the NIA said.
It is to be noted here that the case related to the blast was initially registered at Police Station Division-5 of Ludhiana Commissionerate on December 23, 2021 and was re-registered by the NIA on January 13.
(With inputs from ANI)