RPG attack: Key accused arrested from Mumbai

Chandigarh: In a major breakthrough, the main accused in the rocket propelled grenade (RPG) attack at the Punjab police headquarters was apprehended from Mumbai on Thursday.
The Punjab police apprehended Charat Singh in a joint operation with central agencies and the ATS, Maharashtra, and brought to Mohali from Mumbai on a flight.
The RPG attack was carried out at state police’s intelligence headquarters in Mohali on the evening of May 9.
Officiating DGP Gaurav Yadav said the arrested accused is a key operative and associate of Canada-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa. He had built a strong crime network across the state with the help of Landa and was providing logistic support and shelter to foot soldiers who carried out the RPG attack. He had also procured an RPG, AK-47 and other weapons from across the border with the active support of Pakistan ISI through Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, said Yadav.
IG, state police headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill said with Charat’s arrest, the state police have so far arrested eight accused in this case. Another accused, who is a juvenile, was arrested by the Delhi police recently, taking the total number of arrests to nine.
The Punjab police have already arrested Nishan Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Baljinder Singh Rambo, Kanwarjeet Singh Bath, Anantdeep Singh Sonu, Baljeet Kaur Sukhi and Lovepreet Singh Vicky in the case. The IG said that the police teams are on a manhunt to arrest the last accused in this case, identified as Deepak Kumar of Jhajjar in Haryana.
Charat is a habitual offender and accused of heinous crimes, including murder and attempt to murder.