New Delhi, Jun 22 (UNI) The national anti-terror probe agency NIA on Tuesday said that it has arrested two absconding terrorists linked to the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) on June 21 in a case related to the killing of Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a Shaurya Chakra Awardee in Tarn Taran district of Punjab.
The arrested accused Harbhinder Singh alias Pinder and Navpreet Singh alias Nav, both residents of Tarn Taran in Punjab were wanted by the probe agency in this murder case.
A senior NIA official said, “Investigation has revealed that absconding accused Navpreet Singh and Harbhinder Singh are close aides of charge sheeted accused Inderjit Singh alias Inder, who had conducted the reconnaissance of the target and were actively involved in the conspiracy of killing of Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu.”
The official further said that both the arrested accused were produced before NIA Special Court in Mohali on Tuesday, which remanded them to the agency’s custody for four days for interrogation and further investigation in the case.
The case was initially registered at Bhikhiwind police station following the murder of Comrade Balwinder Singh at his residence-cum-school in Bhikhiwind in Tarn Taran, Punjab on October last year when he was shot dead by two unidentified men in the early hours of October 16. The assailants then fled the spot on a bike.
The National Investigation Agency took over this case on January 26 this year and initiated investigation after re- registering this case.
The Central probe agency had already filed a charge sheet against eight accused persons in this case on April 27, 2021, the probe agency said, adding that further investigation in this case is under progress.
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