Chandigarh: IPS Harkirat Singh was the target, due to a lack of information the principal became the target, Khalistani connection of the hand grenade attack came to the fore

 

A Khalistani connection has emerged in the hand grenade attack on the bungalow in Sector 10 of Chandigarh. According to police sources, this attack was carried out by Khalistani terrorists sitting in America and Pakistan through their sleeper cells. This bungalow was not the target of the Khalistanis, but their target was retired SP Harkirat Singh of Punjab. He used to live in this bungalow till a few years ago, but later he changed his residence.

Here, due to a lack of proper information, Khalistanis attacked his old bungalow. At this time a retired principal was living in this bungalow with his family. According to police sources, IPS Harkirat Singh used to live in the bungalow located in Sector 10, Chandigarh, where the hand grenade attack took place, till a few years ago. Khalistani terrorists have been planning to kill IPS Harkirat Singh for a long time and had also tried once in the year 2023. However, their plan was not successful at that time. Only after this did Harkirat Singh change his residence.

Along with this, he had also tightened his security arrangements. Based on the input received from the crime scene, the police suspect that this crime was committed by Khalistani terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Pachia based in America, and Harvinder Singh Rinda based in Pakistan. They have two motives behind this. One is to please the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI and the other is to take revenge from IPS Harkirat Singh. Years ago, while being SP in Amritsar, IPS Harkirat Singh had tightened the screws on Khalistani terrorists. The situation reached such a point that many Khalistani supporters had to flee abroad.

Chandigarh Police had also registered a case of conducting a recce of this bungalow and attempting an attack in the year 2023. In this, the police had written that Pachiya tried to attack the residence of the former SP, but his plan failed. According to the police, Pachiya and Rinda have joined hands with the mediation of ISI. Now both these organizations are working on a plan to spread terror in India, especially in Pakistan. After this input, the crime branch teams of Chandigarh and Punjab have intensified the investigation. At the same time, the IB and NIA teams are also investigating the case with the help of Interpol.

Sketches of two suspects who threw hand grenades in a Chandigarh Sector 10 bungalow have been released. Police have prepared these sketches based on information provided by the arrested auto driver. Now police have announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for those who provide information about these two. According to Chandigarh Police, a low-intensity explosion was carried out in the bungalow. The accused had hired an auto in Sector 43 for this incident. According to police, the bungalow in which the hand grenade was thrown belongs to KK Malhotra, a retired principal from a school in Himachal Pradesh. At one time, a former IPS used to live in this bungalow.