RSS leader murder: NIA nabs weapon supplier from Meerut
TARGETED KILLINGS Agency to bring KLF chief and Nabha jailbreak accused Mintoo on production warrants for his alleged role in training sharpshooter Shera in Italy
NEW DELHI/MOHALI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said it has arrested another person involved in the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain.
Parvez, alias Farru, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of supplying a countrymade weapon to main accused Hardeep Singh. “He was arrested from Meerut in a joint operation with Uttar Pradesh Police,” the agency said in a statement.
“He was produced before the NIA special court in Mohali which granted the agency oneday custody for his interrogation,” the NIA said.
Earlier, the NIA had arrested Pahar Singh, Ramandeep Singh, alias Canadian, and Hardeep Singh Shera, alias Pehalwan, in connection with the killing of Gosain, 60, who was shot dead by two armed assailants in the Basti Jodhewal area of Ludhiana on October 17 last year when he was returning from a RSS meeting. The NIA took over the case from Punjab Police following a November 16 order by the Union home ministry.
During the investigation, it was found that Parvez supplied arms to Hardeep Singh, one of the main accused in the cases related to targeted killings in Punjab during 2016-17, the counter-terror probe agency said.
The agency also claimed that targeted killings were executed as part of an “international conspiracy” whose objective was to destabilise the law and order situation in Punjab and to revive militancy in the state.
Meanwhile, the NIA will bring
Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief and Nabha jailbreak accused Harminder Singh Mintoo on production warrant from Nabha jail to the NIA court in Mohali for his alleged role in training Shera in Italy. Officials said Punjab Police will hand over Montoo’s custody to NIA on March 12.
The NIA has so far arrested 11 persons in various cases relating to the targeted killings. The weapons supplied by Parvez were used in several of the eight incidents of targeted killing, the NIA release said.
The next date of hearing in targeted killing cases has been fixed for March 5.