NIA SEIZES CAR INVOLVED IN HARYANA IEDs & ARMS SEIZURE CASE LINKED WITH BKI TERRORIST RINDA
New Delhi, 24th January 2024: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday seized a vehicle in a case relating to seizure of IEDs, along with arms and ammunition, at Bastara Toll Plaza in Madhuban, Haryana, in May 2022, from four men linked with Pakistan based ‘listed terrorist’ Harwinder Singh Sandhu @ Rinda.
The vehicle, bearing registration no. PB29R-8889, has been seized under the provisions of 25 UA (P) Act 1967, as ‘proceeds of terrorism’, in NIA case RC-24/2022/NIA/DLI. The agency had registered the case after taking over the investigations from the Haryana Police on 24th May 2022.
On 5th May 2022, the Haryana Police had recovered 03 IEDs, 01 Pistol with two magazines and Rs. 1.30 lakhs cash from Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi, Amandeep Singh @ Deepa, Parminder Singh @ Pinder and Bhupinder Singh. They had stored the terror hardware consignment in a specially designed cavity in their Innova MUV for delivery in Adilabad , Telangana, on the directions of Rinda, a leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
During investigations, it was found that the accused persons, namely Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi, Amandeep Singh @ Deepa, Akash @ Akashdee, Sukhbeer Singh @ Jashan and Jarmalpreet Singh, had received multiple consignments of arms, ammunition, explosives and narcotics sent by terrorist Harwinder Singh Sandhu @ Rinda from Pakistan through drones at pre-decided locations near the Indo-Pak border.
