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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   MAY 02, 2025     |  The Indian Eye 28

                    Harpreet Singh, Punjab terror

                              accused, arrested by FBI

            NEERAJ DHAR
            Sacramento, CA
                  he Federal Bureau of Inves-
                  tigation (FBI) and Enforce-
            Tment and Removal Operations
            (ERO) arrested a terrorist involved in
            attacks in Punjab, Harpreet Singh, in
            the US on Friday.
                The FBI said that Harpreet Singh
            is linked to two international terrorist
            groups and entered the US illegally.
            According to the FBI, he used burner
            phones to evade capture.
                In a post shared on X, FBI Sac-
            ramento stated, “Today, Harpreet
            Singh, an alleged terrorist responsible
            for terror attacks in Punjab, India, was
            arrested by the FBI and ERO in Sac-
            ramento. Linked to two international
            terrorist groups, he entered the U.S.
            illegally and used burner phones to
            evade capture.”
                On March 23, the National Inves-
            tigation Agency (NIA) chargesheeted
            four terror operatives of the Babbar
            Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist
            organisation in the 2024 Chandigarh
            grenade attack case. The chargesheet-
            ed accused include Pakistan-based   other accused, Rohan Masih and
            Designated Individual Terrorist Har-  Vishal Masih, to conduct reconnais-
            winder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda, and   sance on the target twice before hurling
            US-based Harpreet Singh alias Hap-  the grenade, investigations revealed.
            py Passia.                            In  the  charge  sheet  filed  before
                The two terrorists  were the pri-  the Special NIA Court, Chandigarh
            mary handlers and conspirators be-  in the case RC15/2024/NIA/DLI,
            hind the attack. They had provided   all four accused persons have been
            logistical support, terror funds, weap-  charged under multiple sections of
            ons, and ammunition to India based   the  Unlawful Activities  (Prevention)
            on-ground operatives in Chandigarh   Act (UAPA), the Explosive Substanc-
            for executing the grenade attack. The   es Act, and other related provisions,
            September 2024 attack was intended   for their roles in planning and sup-
            to  target  a  retired  officer  of  Punjab   porting the attack. Investigations in
            Police, who the assailants believed to   the case are continuing and NIA is
            be the occupant of the house.     trying to track down other members
                Investigations revealed that Rin-  of the BKI terror group and dismantle
            da, along with Happy Passia, had or-  its network in India.
            chestrated the conspiracy to strike   Earlier in December last year, the
            terror  among  law  enforcement  offi-  Punjab Police has dismantled a Paki-
            cials and general public through the   stan-ISI-backed terror module being
            grenade attack, as part of the broad-  operated by Babbar Khalsa Interna-
            er  aim to  promote  BKI’s  terrorist   tional (BKI), being operated by Har-
            agenda. They had recruited local op-  preet Singh alias Happy Passia and
            eratives, namely Rohan Masih and   Shamsher alias Honey with the arrest
            Vishal Masih, who were tasked with   of its five members including master-
            carrying out the attack under their di-  mind Abhijot Singh involved in lobby-
            rect instructions.                ing hand-grenade at two police estab-
                Rinda and Happy directed the   lishments  in  Batala  and  Gurdaspur.

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