Nawanshahr (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): Punjab Police on Monday claimed to have solved a case of a hand grenade attack at Crime Investigating Agency (CIA) by busting a Pakistan-based terror module with the arrest of its three operatives.

Chandigarh Apr 18 PTI The Punjab police on Monday claimed to have solved the case of a hand-grenade attack at the Crime Investigating Agency CIA office in Nawanshahr by busting a Pakistan-based terror moduleThe module run by Harvinder Singh alias Rinda was busted with the arrest of three of its operatives Director General of Police DGP V K Bhawra said hereOn the intervening night of November 7 and 8 last year unidentified people had hurled a hand grenade at the CIA office in Nawanshahr with the intention to kill police officials However the officials present at the office had escaped unhurtThose arrested have been identified as Manish Kumar alias Mani alias Baba a resident of Bains village in Nawanshahr Ramandeep Singh alias Jakhu of Atta village in Jalandhars Goraya and Pardeep Singh alias Bhatti of Sahlon village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh SBS Nagar according to a statement issued by policePolice have also seized a live hand grenade from the possession of the accused the statement saidBhawra said after an extensive investigation the counter-intelligence wing of the Punjab police and the SBS Nagar police managed to arrest the three men for their alleged involvement in the attackDuring interrogation Ramandeep confessed that he along with Manish had thrown the hand grenade at the Nawanshahr CIA office on the directions of Harvinder Singh alias Rinda the DGP said adding that Ramandeep had picked up two hand grenades from a location on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur road as guided by RindaSenior Superintendent of Police SSP SBS Nagar Sandeep Kumar said while one hand grenade was used in the attack in Nawanshahr another live hand grenade similar to the one used to carry out the attack was recovered on the disclosure of RamandeepRinda struck a deal with Ramandeep for Rs 4 lakh to carry out the attack the SSP addedAccording to the statement Rinda a history-sheeter active in Punjab Chandigarh Maharashtra and Haryana is wanted by the Punjab police in connection with heinous crimes including murder contract killing robbery extortion and snatchingPolice have nominated Rinda as an accused in the case and added the relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA in the FIR dated November 8 2021 which was initially registered under the provisions of the Explosive Substances Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC including those for attempt to murder at the Nawanshahr City police station PTI SUN VSD RC