— MODULE WAS BACKED BY PAKISTAN’S ISI AND OPERATED UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF FOREIGN-BASED HANDLERS LOCATED IN PORTUGAL AND GERMANY: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— TWO KEY PERPETRATORS ALSO IDENTIFIED; RAIDS ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO NAB THEM: AIG SSOC DEEPAK PAREEK
CHANDIGARH, April 4:
Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police, has successfully solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case with the arrest of five accused involved in the incident and recovered one hand grenade and one .30 bore Zigana pistol along ammunition from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Balwinder Lal alias Shami of village Majari in SBS Nagar, Jasvir Singh alias Jassi of village Bharapur in SBS Nagar, Charanjit Singh alias Channi of village Sujawalpur in SBS Nagar, Rubal Chauhan of village Thana in Shimla and Mandeep alias Abhijot Sharma of Dhuri in Sangrur.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the module was backed by Pakistan’s ISI and operated under the directions of foreign-based handlers located in Portugal and Germany. The accused persons were part of a structured network involving multiple cutouts and sub-modules to execute the attack, he said.
The DGP said that two key perpetrators involved in the attack have also been identified. Further investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he added.
As per the information, a grenade attack was carried out outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office at Sector 37 in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Sharing more details, AIG State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) SAS Nagar Deepak Pareek said that the investigation has further revealed that the arrested accused had transported a consignment containing hand grenades, arms and live cartridges. The consignment was circulated through multiple operatives before being handed over to the final perpetrators, he said.
The AIG said that acting on the directions of Portugal-based handler, the arrested accused persons coordinated the delivery and execution of the attack. Police teams are conducting raids to apprehend the absconding perpetrators involved in the attack, he added.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 4 dated 03/04/26 has been registered under section 25(1) (B) of the Arms act and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station SSOC SAS Nagar.
