The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a key associate of the two Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) linked terror operatives who had carried out a grenade attack on a temple in the Amritsar district of Punjab in March this year.
The NIA stated, “Absconder Bhagwant Singh alias Manna Bhatti was nabbed on Wednesday from Akalgarh village in Amritsar, taking the total arrests in the case to four.”
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an important associate of the two Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) linked terror operatives who had carried out a grenade attack on a temple in the Amritsar district of Punjab in March this year.
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The attack was carried out by Gursidak Singh and Vishal alias Chuchi, who had hurled a hand grenade at Thakur Dwara Sanatan Mandir in Amritsar, the NIA investigation reveals. The proscribed terror organisation KLF has claimed responsibility for the attack.
While Gursidak Singh was killed in a shootout with police following the temple attack, Vishal was arrested. Two other men, identified as Diwan Singh alias Sunny and Sahib Singh alias Saba, were also arrested in the case.
NIA Chargesheets Two in 2022 Kerala Naxal Recruitment Case
In a separate case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge-sheeted two more accused in the 2022 Kerala case relating to the recruitment of youth into the armed wing of the banned Naxal terrorist organisation.
The supplementary chargesheet has been filed before the NIA Special Court, Ernakulam, against R Ragavendran alias Raghavendra alias Gautham alias Murukesh alias Raghaveendran and B G Krishnamurthy alias Vijay alias Babanna alias Baskar alias Kumara alias Gangadhara alias Gopal Rao . They have been charged under various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and sections 120B,121A and 122 of Indian Penal Code.
The People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) case was registered suo moto by the NIA in February 2022.
NIA: Accused were involved in cadre recruitment
It relates to the recruitment of cadres into the Naxal group and its armed wing, the PLGA. “It also involved organising camps to further the activities of the Maoist organisation and its frontal outfit with the aim of destabilising the country,” said the NIA.
‘Krishnamurthy imparted arms and ideological training to other accused’
B G Krishnamurthy, a Central Committee Member of the CPI (Maoist) or Naxal outfit, imparted arms and ideological training to other accused in the forest of the Western Ghats, to equip them to wage war against the nation, as per the NIA investigation.
Hailing from Chikkamangalur district of Karnataka, Krishnamurthy had been inducted into the Kabani Dalam squad of CPI (Maoist) to organise terrorist camps to train the Under Ground (UG) cadres of the banned outfit, said the anti-terror agency.
