A man wanted by the Punjab Police in a grenade smuggling case has been arrested in north Gujarat’s Banaskantha district and handed over to Amritsar’s state special operations cell, police said on Sunday.
The arrest was carried out by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Banaskantha Special Operations Group (SOG) following a request sent by Punjab Police, officials said.
The accused, Bikramjit Singh alias Vicky, son of Kashmir Singh, a resident of Nangal Panual, Amritsar, Punjab, was wanted by Punjab Police in a grenade smuggling case. He was working as a labourer at a dhaba (roadside eatery) in Deesa when he was detained.
During interrogation, it emerged that he had been working with Shehzad Bhatti and Abid Jutt to supply grenades and carry out attacks on security installations. While staying outside Punjab, he recruited people from the state into the organised crime network and was part of conspiracies to attack police stations and security units.
Shehzad Bhatti is a Pakistani gangster working for the ISI and is believed to be behind grenade attacks on security units, police stations and prominent persons in Punjab.
