India, Sept. 19 -- Material evidence recovered from a house, where two high-intensity blasts took place at Jeeda village in Bathinda, and preliminary questioning of the radicalised accused revealed that he was planning a fidayeen attack, police said on Thursday.

Two high-intensity explosions took place at Jeeda village on September 10, leaving accused Gurpreet Singh (19) and his father Jagtar Singh injured. The police learnt about it a day after a private hospital alerted the police about the nature of injuries. While Gurpreet's right hand had to be amputated due to the explosion, his father, a farmer, suffered severe injuries in the second blast.

Police authorities said that Gurpreet, a law student, was allegedly influenced by radical ...