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6d ago

Delhi Police Apprehends Second BKI Militant Linked to Batala Grenade Attack

The arrest has provided the NIA key insights into overseas financing behind the April attack.

The accused, identified as Akashdeep, was involved in the grenade attack on Qila Lal Singh Police Station in Batala, Punjab, on March 7.
22-year-old arrested in Punjab attack case

Overview

  • Karanbir Singh, 22, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in Gurdaspur on July 26 under the Arms Act for his role in the April 7 grenade assault on Qila Lal Singh Police Station in Batala.
  • He confessed to coordinating with Babbar Khalsa International handlers abroad via social media, traveling to a West Asian country to secure funds, and sheltering the attackers at his home.
  • The arrest follows the July 22 detention of associate Akashdeep Singh, alias Bazz, in Indore for supplying weapons and aiding the Batala attackers.
  • A social media post by BKI operatives Happy Passia, Mannu Agwan and Gopi Nawanshahria claimed responsibility for the April attack as retaliation for a December 2024 counter-terror operation.
  • The NIA has taken over the probe and is mapping a broader network of financiers, logistics facilitators and potential sleeper cells linked to the transnational BKI network.