Tarn Taran blast: Live rocket-propelled grenade recovered from accused neutralised

Tarn Taran (Punjab) [India], December 28 (ANI): In further action into the rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack at Sarhali police station in Tarn Taran district, Bomb Disposal Squad on Wednesday neutralised a live rocket-propelled grenade which was recovered from three persons who were arrested on Tuesday.
Punjab Police on Tuesday busted a sub-module being operated from the Philippines and arrested three members of the module.
According to the police, the sub-module was handled by Phillippines-based Yadwinder Singh on the instructions of Canada-based gangster-turned-terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa.
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that the accused have been identified as Kulbir Singh, Hira Singh, and Davinder Singh, all residents of village Chambal in Tarn Taran.
"With the recovery of a ready-to-use fresh RPG, the Punjab Police have successfully thwarted another possible terrorist attack aimed at disturbing the peace and harmony of the state," said the DGP.
Police also recovered a loaded Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) in Tarn Taran.
The development came days after the arrest of seven persons, including the two juveniles in conflict with the law, who carried out the terror attack at Police Station Sirhali building in Tarn Taran at about 11.18 pm on December 9.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said, "In an intelligence-led operation, Tarn Taran Police has laid a nakabandi at bridge Billianwala and arrested two bike-borne persons identified as Kulbir Singh and Hira Singh in connection with the Sirhali RPG attack."
Divulging more details, SSP Tarn Taran Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said that during interrogation, the accused revealed that they had provided one loaded RPG on the day of the RPG attack on Police Station Sirhali on the instructions of Yadwinder Singh, presently residing in Manila, Philippines. Accused Yadwinder had also sent a tutorial video on launching an RPG attack to show it to Juveniles, who fired RPG at the Police Station, he said.
"During further questioning the accused disclosed that they along with another accused Davinder Singh have concealed another RPG on the instructions of Yadwinder Singh," said the SSP while adding, "The RPG along with a Rocket launcher was recovered from a pinpointed location on the banks of the river Beas in village Keedian in Tarn Taran."
He said that the Police teams have also arrested accused Davinder Singh, who disclosed that they were hatching a conspiracy to carry out another terrorist attack in the state on the instructions of Yadwinder Singh and Landa. The Police are further investigating the backward and forward linkages in this case, and he added that more recoveries and arrests are expected soon.
Tarn Taran Police called Army authorities and forensic teams to examine the RPG and rocket launcher.
Punjab Police registered an FIR dated December 9 under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act at Police Station Sarhali. (ANI)