6 accused in Ludhiana grenade seizure case now face anti-terror law

The Ludhiana police while taking the investigation into the recent recovery of a Chinese grenade from the city, which exposed a Pakistan-backed ISI terror plot to disturb law and order situation, to the next level have imposed sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on the six accused. Even the involvement of Ajay Malaysia, suspected to be hiding in Malaysia, has also brought to the fore the involvement of anti-national elements sitting abroad.

Earlier, a case under Explosives Act had been registered in the case, along with the sections of BNS. Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh and foreign-based terrorist Arshdeep Singh have already been charged under the UAPA by the Punjab Police.

The anti-terror law has been imposed on accused Kuldeep (from whom the grenade was seized), Shekhar (who accompanied Kuldeep, but managed to flee), Ajay Kumar (who was in touch with Kuldeep and Shekhar), Parwinder and Ramnik, who had been arrested after bringing them on production warrant from Muktsar jail and on Ajay Malaysia, who is being suspected to be an ISI agent.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Harpal Singh said that police had already brought Vijay, a brother of Ajay Malaysia, from Sri Ganganagar jail. “This is a matter of national security and a terror plot is involved. The police have identified several inmates lodged in different jails of Punjab and other states, who are suspected to be ISI agents. We cannot disclose names of persons being brought from jails for questioning. Police investigation will dig deep to identify the roots of this terror plot and no one will be spared. A case will soon to be taken to the logical end,” added DCP.

Meanwhile, a senior police official said that the police had already brought several inmates from the jails of Punjab and Rajasthan for questioning after their links had been somehow found to be connected with the terror plot.