7 KZF operatives in police custody till October 9

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 3

A local court today extended the police remand of seven alleged members of terror module of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) by six days.

According to information, the Stated Special Operation Cell (SSOC) sought the extension of remand while stating that certain members of the terror module were yet to be arrested. Sources in the counter-intelligence wing said considering the point raised by the police, the court extended their police custody till October 9.

The SSOC reportedly told the court that they needed the custody of KZF members to ascertain funding routes of the module besides investigating their foreign links. The sources said the police claimed it was trying to locate more weapons which might have been smuggled with the help of drones in the recent past.

Earlier, the terror module members were brought to the court amid heavy police security cover. Among those produced in the court included Baba Balwant Singh, Akashdeep, Harbhajan Singh, Balbir Singh, Maan Singh, Gurdev Singh and Shubhdeep Singh.

Their eighth accomplice Sajanpreet, who was arrested on Tuesday, was sent to five-day custody on Wednesday.

The sources said the police had launched a manhunt for one of their accomplices who had been evading arrest till now. His name also figured during the interrogation of Shubhdeep Singh. “We are closing in on him and he is expected to be arrested in a day or two,” said a counter-intelligence official preferring not to be named.

On September 22, the SSOC claimed to have busted a terror module and arrested Baba Balwant Singh, Akashdeep Singh Randhawa, Harbhajan Singh and Balbir Singh.

 Accused remanded

Mohali: The Special CBI Court on Thursday remanded Palwinder Singh in 14-day judicial custody in the murder case of Chand Kaur, wife of former head of Namdhari sect Satguru Jagjit Singh.

Palwinder Singh, who has been in police custody since arrest on September 26, was produced in the court.