Punjab terror case: NIA chargesheets key aide of Khalistani terrorists
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted Jatinder Singh alias Joti, a key aide of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and dreaded gangster Pavittar Batala in a Punjab terror conspiracy case, officials said on Sunday.
The chargesheet was filed before a special NIA court in Mohali on Friday,.
Jatinder Singh, hailing from Gurdaspur district of Punjab, was arrested by the NIA from Mumbai on December 23, last year, in the case, according to an official statement.
Jatinder Singh was involved in illegal procurement and supply of firearms from Madhya Pradesh to Punjab-based gangsters, the agency said.
He was facilitating the supply of weapons to ground operatives of Batala, a close associate of designated individual terrorist Landa, it said.
Batala's foreign-based associates were coordinating Jatinder Singh's operations in India, the NIA said.
The weapons were being used by Batala's operatives in Punjab to promote Babbar Khalsa International's criminal-terror activities, it said.
It was further found during the NIA investigation that Jatinder Singh used to procure illegal weapons from a known arms supplier, Baljeet Singh alias Rana Bhai, in Madhya Pradesh.
Baljeet Singh had already been arrested and chargesheeted by NIA. The accused were using virtual numbers and encrypted applications to avoid detection by law enforcement agencies, the statement said.
NIA is investigating the role of Landa as well as designated terrorist Harwinder Singh alias Rinda and their foreign-based accomplices in the conspiracy, it added.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
India.com
an hour ago
- India.com
Pahalgam terrorist attack: How NIA identified 3 Pakistani terrorists behind the Baisaran massacre? Arrest two..., three Pakistani...
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has achieved a crucial breakthrough in the Baisaran, Pahalgam terror attack case that took place on April 22 killing 26 people as the agency disclosed that three Pakistani nationals carried out the massacre. An NIA spokesperson said that these three are Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists whose names and identity have beef emerged for the first time. Pictures of three suspects, including Adil Hussain Tokar, a local terrorist from Anantnag in south Kashmir while the two others, Hashim Musa and Ali Bhai from Pakistan, had been released by the Jammu and Kashmir Police soon after the attack. 'We have arrested two people and they have revealed that three Pakistani Lashkar terrorists were involved in Baisaran. These three are not the same whose sketches were released,' said an NIA official. The two men arrested by the NIA are accused of sheltering the terrorists who carried out the Baisaran massacre. 'Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam and Bashir Ahmad Jothar of Hill Park, Pahalgam, have disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and have also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),' the NIA spokesperson said. Parvaiz and Bashir had 'knowingly harboured the three armed terrorists at a seasonal dhok (hut) at Hill Park before the attack', says the NIA probe. 'The two men had provided food, shelter and logistical support to the terrorists, who had, on the fateful afternoon, selectively killed the tourists on the basis of their religious identity, making it one of the most gruesome terrorist attacks ever,' the NIA spokesperson said. This is the first arrest in the case since the April 22 massacre. Top NIA officials said they are working on the leads provided by the arrested accused to figure out where the three terrorists could be hiding. A massive manhunt was launched based on the sketches released by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. However, new revelations have led to further attempts to identify the fugitive terrorists. 'This is a massive success,' police officials in Jammu and Kashmir said. The NIA has arrested Parvez and Bashir under Section 19 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and it will seek further custody to question the two after producing them in the court. The Pahalgam attack sparked nationwide outrage following which India launched Operation Sindoor to avenge the killings and targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
The Print
2 hours ago
- The Print
Meghalaya Police arrests two persons in MP in connection with Raja Raghuvanshi murder case
The SIT on Saturday night arrested a property dealer for concealing a box belonging to Raghuvanshi's wife Sonam, who hid it in a flat in Indore after the murder last month. With the fresh apprehensions, the total number of people arrested in the case rose to seven. Shillong/Indore, Jun 22 (PTI) A special investigation team (SIT) of the Meghalaya Police arrested two persons in Madhya Pradesh in connection with the murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, a senior officer said. 'Meghalaya Police SIT arrested one Silome James from Bhonrasa toll-gate in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh while he was trying to flee to Bhopal around 7.30 pm on Saturday. He is a property dealer and lessee of a building at Heera Bagh Colony in Indore where Sonam had stayed and kept the jewellery and other items she took with her after the incident,' East Khasi Hills district SP Vivek Syiem told PTI. Later, the SIT nabbed a security guard, identified as Balla Ahirwar, from his native village in Ashok Nagar district of Madhya Pradesh around 2 am on Sunday. He was posted at the property. The two will be produced before a court in Indore, seeking a transit remand for being taken to Shillong for further investigation, he added. The box is believed to have contained key evidence linked to the murder, according to sources. The arrested property dealer led the SIT to the place where he had disposed of all the items of the box by burning, the officer said. A member of the SIT said that Sonam's boyfriend Raj Kushwaha owned a firearm and this was kept at the property along with jewellery and a laptop. At the site where James had burnt the box, there were no signs of the pistol, laptop or any of the jewellery belonging to Raja, he said, adding that a forensic team had also visited the spot and collected all available evidence. The flat was rented out to murder co-accused Vishal Chauhan by James, who runs a property management firm in Indore, they said. On June 13, James told reporters that Chauhan approached him on May 30 and rented the flat for Rs 17,000 per month, signing a formal agreement. However, when the Meghalaya Police later searched the flat, it was found vacant, as per the sources. Sonam stayed in the flat for several days on return from Meghalaya, before eventually surrendering to police in UP on June 8, the sources said. Indore-based transport businessman Raghuvanshi married Sonam on May 11 in Indore and the couple left for their honeymoon in Meghalaya on May 20. Raghuvanshi went missing on May 23 and his mutilated body was recovered on June 2 from a deep gorge near a waterfall in the Sohra area of East Khasi Hills district. Raja was hacked to death by three men using two machetes near a secluded parking lot close to the famous Weisawdong falls in Sohra on May 23, the day the couple was reported missing. Sonam, accused of conspiring with her alleged lover to kill her husband, surrendered on June 8 before the police in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, while four other accused have been arrested from different locations in MP and UP. The Meghalaya Police had earlier arrested five persons in connection with the murder — Sonam, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha and the latter's three friends Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi. The five are currently in judicial custody and lodged at a jail in Meghalaya. The case is being probed in detail by the SIT of Meghalaya Police. PTI HWP JOP LAL GK ACD This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
NIA arrests man for supplying drone to CPI (Maoist) to further violent anti-national activities
New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency on Sunday arrested an accused for supplying a drone to the banned CPI outfit to further its violent anti-national activities, officials said. NIA arrests man for supplying drone to CPI (Maoist) to further violent anti-national activities The probe agency has also seized digital devices, including hard drives, pen drives and mobile phones, as well as other incriminating material during a search in the west Delhi house of the accused, identified as Vishal Singh, originally from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, they said. The investigations have revealed that the accused, a member of the CPI , had delivered a drone to leaders of the banned terror outfit in Chhakarbanda/ Panchrukhiya forest area of Bihar to further its violent anti-national activities, said a statement issued by the NIA. He had imparted technical training to other cadres of the CPI and had also attended meetings with its central committee members in deep forest areas of Bihar in 2019, it said. The NIA had earlier in August 2024 arrested another accused, Ajay Singhal alias Aman, the in-charge of the State Organising Committee Haryana and Punjab of the CPI , in the case, the statement said. The case relates to the terror organisation's conspiracy to re-energise its decrepit influence in the Northern Regional Bureau area, comprising Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the NIA said. The conspiracy involves recruitment of cadres and strengthening of the organisation in the region through underground cadres working in urban areas along with some over ground workers operating in the guise of activists, it said. "Several front organisations and student wings have been used to prepare the ground for promoting the conspiracy, aimed at waging war against the government of India. They were receiving funds from the outfit's Eastern Regional Bureau , particularly from Jharkhand," the probe agency said. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
