The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday (June 15, 2025) chargesheeted three persons in connection with the 2024 case related to a grenade attack at a police post in SBS Nagar district of Punjab. The attack was allegedly planned by banned terror outfit, Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF).
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday (June 15, 2025) chargesheeted three persons in connection with the 2024 case related to a grenade attack at a police post in SBS Nagar district of Punjab. The attack was allegedly planned by banned terror outfit, Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF).
Among those arraigned are Yugpreet Singh aka Yuvi Nihung; Jaskaran Singh aka Shah; and Harjot Singh aka Jot Hundal, all residents of Rahon village in SBS Nagar. The NIA has invoked various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Explosive Substances Act.
The agency has also launched investigations against KZF chief and designated “individual terrorist” Ranjit Singh aka Neeta, the outfit’s member operative Jagjit Singh Lahiri aka Jagga (currently in the United Kingdom), and other unidentified terror operatives.
The NIA, which took over the case from the Punjab Police in March, has found that Jagga had recruited Yugpreet Singh through an acquaintance in the U.K. “Along with the other KZF terrorists and operatives, Jagga had radicalised Yugpreet and handled him via encrypted messaging applications. Jagga had also provided Yugpreet with over ₹4.36 lakh of terror funds through a complex chain of Canada-based entities, who have also been identified and examined,” it said.
In turn, Yugpreet allegedly recruited the other two chargesheeted accused and the three had carried out the attack at the police post in the intervening night of December 1 and 2, 2024. The grenade had been arranged by the foreign-based handlers in November 2024, it is alleged.
The NIA investigation into the terror attacks at the law enforcement establishments and sensitive installations, as well as targeted killings in Punjab, are going on.
Published – June 15, 2025 11:04 pm IST
