The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an absconding Ludhiana Court building blast conspirator and wanted Khalistani terrorist Harpreet Singh from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
Harpreet Singh alias “Happy Malaysia”, a resident of Amritsar in Punjab carrying a reward of ₹ 10 lakh, was arrested soon after he arrived from Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia, the NIA said on Friday.
NIA arrested Singh in a case pertaining to the bomb blast that took place in the Ludhiana Court Building on December 23, 2021, in which one got killed and six were injured.
The case was initially registered on December 23, 2021, at Police Station Division-5, district Ludhiana Commissionerate, Punjab and re-registered by the NIA on January 13, 2022.
“Investigations revealed that Singh, an associate of Pakistan-based self-styled Chief of International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) Lakhbir Singh Rode, was one of the conspirators of the Ludhiana Court Building blast, along with Rode,” NIA said in a statement.
“Acting on the directions of Rode, he coordinated the delivery of the custom-made Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which had been sent from Pakistan to his India-based associates, that was used in the Ludhiana Court Complex blast,” it added.
NIA added that he was also involved and wanted in various cases, including smuggling explosives, arms and narcotics.
Further investigations in the case are in progress.
