JALANDHAR
Jalandhar Rural Police has achieved a major success in the grenade attack case that occurred in Maqsudan, and the main accused in this case has been arrested. This incident was a planned attack linked to Pakistan-based ISI operatives, aimed at destabilizing law and order.
Naveen Singla,DIG Jalandhar Range, informed the media that after receiving information about the grenade attack, a case was registered at Police Station Maqsudan under case under section 109 (attempt to murder)and 61(criminal conspiracy) of the BNS and sections 3, 4, 5 of the Explosive Act, sections 13, 17 UAPA Act. A special team was formed under the leadership of Gurmeet Singh SSP Jalandhar Rural. The investigation was led by Ms. Jasroop Kaur Bath, SP Investigation, who deployed various teams under the supervision of Manpreet Singh Dhillon, SP Special Crime.
After 36 hours of intensive efforts, based on technical and human intelligence, the main accused Hardik Kamboj (resident of Yamunanagar, Haryana) was arrested on March 17, . This accused had connected with Jashan Akhtar via Instagram a year ago and was introduced to Shahzad Bhatti.
On March 18, after interrogation, the accused was taken to a vacant plot in front of Raipur Rasoolpur Road, Police Station Maqsudan, where the accused attempted to flee from police custody. In the process, he was shot in the leg and injured. The police recovered a .32 bore pistol and 06 live cartridges from him.
The accused was immediately sent to Civil Hospital Jalandhar for treatment. An additional case has been registered under sections 109, 221, 132, 261, 62 of the BNS ad sections 25-54-59 of Arms Act, at Police Station Maqsudan.
DIG issued a strong warning, stating that any elements trying to disturb peace, law, and order in society will not be spared under any circumstances. He assured that all efforts will continue to maintain peace and law in Punjab. He also appealed to the public to inform the police immediately if they come across any anti-social activity.
On March 16 at approximately 3:45 AM, two unidentified individuals on a motorcycle threw a grenade at the house of Navdeep Singh alias Roger Sandhu, a popular YouTuber and social media influencer, in village Raipur Rasoolpur, Police Station Maqsudan.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the attack was carried out by individuals connected with Pakistan-based ISI operative Shahzad Bhatti.
Further investigations have established his links to ISI and Shahzad Bhatti’s associate Jashan Akhtar.
The police recovered a .32 bore pistol and 6 live cartridges from the accused.