Jalalabad police station grenade attack suspect tracked down in Faridabad
Gurugram, Oct. 30 -- A 29-year-old man wanted in connection with a grenade attack on the Jalalabad City police station in Fazilka district was arrested in Faridabad on Wednesday morning in a joint operation by Haryana and Punjab Police, officials said on Thursday.
The suspect, identified as Kulwant Singh alias Kulwant Ali, is a resident of Alike village in Fazilka district. Police said Singh was involved in the September 13 grenade attack.
According to police, Singh reached Faridabad on the night of October 26 and was hiding at his aunt's place in Panchayati Jhuggi village, under the Chhainsa police station area.
Police officials said that, following a tip-off about his presence in Faridabad, a joint team of Haryana Police Special Task Force, Faridabad district police and Punjab Police arrested him on Wednesday morning. He was subsequently taken to Fazilka for further investigation.
Police said Singh was in contact with Pakistan-based operatives and was acting on their instructions. He was also in contact with Pakistan-based gangster and terror operative Shehzad Bhatti gang, they added.
A senior Haryana police officer said Singh was also suspected of being linked to a case involving seizure of 8kg of RDX, two foreign-made pistols, four magazines and 867 live cartridges in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district. The consignment was allegedly dropped by a drone from Pakistan on October 12.
"Two suspects, including one from Alike, were arrested while trying to collect the consignment," police said....
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