UP man arrested for supplying arms to Khalistani terrorists

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh antiterrorist squad on Sunday arrested an alleged arms supplier to Khalistani terrorists, a senior officer said.

Additional director general of the ATS Dhruva Kant Thakur said, “The UP ATS has arrested Javed, an arms supplier to Khalistani

terrorists, from Hapur. Javed is a resident of the Kithore area of Meerut. His interrogation is on and the Punjab Police have been informed about the arrest.”

Thakur said Javed has also supplied illegal arms to criminals in Amritsar. He was arrested following an input from the state special cell, Amritsar, the ADG said. In a statement issued here, the UP ATS said: “Javed had supplied illegal weapon to Dharminder Singh, a resident of Ludhiana, who was involved in the murder of a senior RSS officebearer of Punjab, Jagdish Kumar Gagneja. The NIA is probing the case. Ashish, an accomplice of Javed, was arrested earlier.” Dharminder Singh is a member of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) and currently lodged in the Tihar Jail.