Gurpreet Singh alias Babbu, currently lodged in a Patiala jail, was brought into BKI module by another Nanhera villager who facilitated funding & grenades, ThePrint has learnt.
FBI & ICE arrested Passia in California. He allegedly illegally entered the US around 2021. Indian investigating agencies have yet to receive official notification of his arrest.
Role of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) also cannot be ruled out, says Special DGP Arpit Shukla. Tuesday's blast was 16th such case in Punjab in the past seven months.
Since December, over a dozen youths from areas like Batala, Amritsar, SBS Nagar have been arrested on charges of attacking police stations & posts at the behest of banned terror outfits.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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