New Delhi, Mar 22 (UNI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday said that it has filed a charge sheet against seven Khalistani operatives under section 120B of IPC, sections 4 & 5 of Explosive Substances Act and sections 13, 17, 18, 18B, 19, 20 and 23 of UA (P) Act in the NIA Special Court, Mohali, Punjab for their alleged involvement in a case pertaining to recovery of two Hand Grenades and one Samsung mobile phone from a bag in Amritsar on June 2, 2019.
Officials in the NIA said the charge sheet in a Mohali special court against Jajbir Singh Samra of Tarn Taran, Varinder Singh Chahal of Amritsar, Kulbir Singh of Nawan Shahar, Manjit Kaur of Ludhiana, Taranbir Singh of Amritsar, Kulwinderjit Singh (an operative of Babbar Khalsa International) and Harmeet Singh (a Pakistan based self-styled chief of Khalistan Liberation Force).
The officials said, the NIA investigation revealed that accused Jajbir Singh Samra and Varinder Singh Chahal were part of a Narco-Terror module involved in distributing the heroin smuggled from Pakistan in order to channelise the proceeds of drugs to various terrorist entities on the directions of Pakistan based terrorist Harmeet Singh.
They had also picked up grenades and concealed the same at pre-decided location for carrying out terrorist act to further the conspiracy hatched by Harmeet Singh and Kulwinderjit Singh, the officials said.
The NIA in its investigation also found that accused Kulbir Singh, Manjit Kaur and Taranbir Singh had harboured and provided logistics support including accommodation, business VISA for Kulwinderjit Singh in Cambodia and Malaysia at the time when he had escaped from India, the officials said.
This case was first registered by Punjab Police on June 2, 2019 after seizure of two hand grenades and one Samsung mobile phone from a bag, which was thrown by two unknown motorcycle riders at Harsha Cheena bus stop, Kukkrawala, Amritsar (Rural). Later the NIA took over the case in July 2020.
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