Overview

• The NIA searched 18 locations across Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, seizing mobile phones, digital devices and documents in its probe of Babbar Khalsa International’s network.
• The agency has filed a chargesheet against seven suspects, including three absconders, for the December grenade attack on Gurdaspur’s Ghanie Ke Bangar police station under UAPA and the Explosive Substances Act.
• Punjab Police’s State Special Operation Cell arrested three ISI-backed BKI operatives in Mohali, including a juvenile, recovering two hand grenades, a Glock pistol and ammunition.
• Key targets in the NIA raids included associates of German-based operative Kulbir Sidhu and US-based gangster Manish alias Kaka Rana with cross-border logistics links.
• Investigations continue into a wider conspiracy involving extortion, targeted killings and arms smuggling directed by handlers in Pakistan, Germany, the UK and the US.