A grenade attack took place in the posh area of Sector 10 in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The police became active after the incident. During the investigation, it appears to be a terrorist incident. Its wires are being connected to the border. Although currently a retired principal of Himachal Pradesh lives here, but earlier retired SSP Harkirat Singh of Punjab Police used to live in this house.
Investigation from terrorist and gangster angle
Chandigarh Police is currently investigating this case from both the angles of gangster and terrorism. The way this attack happened is not an ordinary attack. Its strings are once again pointing towards the terrorists sitting across the border. In which the name of Lakhbir Landa, who turned from a gangster to a terrorist, is also coming to the fore.
Link to Lakhbir Landa?
Lakhbir Singh is close to terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda who was killed in Pakistan a few years ago. Not only this, this was the same terrorist Lakhbir Landa who carried out the RPG attack on the intelligence headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali. However, the Chandigarh Police is still silent on this matter.
At present, under the leadership of DGP Surinder Singh Yadav, senior officers including IG Rajkumar, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur are engaged in this case. Chandigarh Police has also received many important information in this case.
Photos of two suspects released
When the police scanned the CCTV footage, the pictures of two suspects emerged. The Chandigarh administration has also announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh to anyone who gives information about any accused involved in the attack.
During CCTV tracking, it became clear that after the attack in Sector 10, the accused went to Sector 9 by auto.
Mention of FIR of year 2023
After the bomb blast, the attention of Chandigarh Police has been focused on the FIR registered by the State Special Operations Cell Punjab in 2023. In fact, in the said case, the Special Cell had arrested two accused. Who had told Punjab Police that Harvinder Singh Rinda had sent him to do a recce of this house a few years ago. The information of which was also shared with Chandigarh Police.
Rita Principal and family lived in the house
Retired Principal KK Malhotra from Himachal Pradesh and his family currently live in this house. At the time of the incident, the family was sitting in the veranda. KK Malhotra was reading a book. As soon as he got up and went inside, this incident happened outside. At the same time, his family members also saw the bomb throwers. The bomb fell in a home park and an 8-inch crater was formed. The flower pots in the park and the outside windows were broken.