‘ISI behind Amritsar attack’

Within 72 hours of the latest incident of terror in the state, Punjab Police has arrested one person in connection with last Sunday’s grenade attack on the Nirankari Satsang Bhawan that killed three persons, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said in Chandigarh yesterday.

Amarinder blamed Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and the Pakistan-based masterminds of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) for the terror attack. “It was in ISI’s interest to keep the border disturbed to ensure internal peace in Pakistan,” Amarinder told media. “Attempts by Pak ISI and Pak establishment to forge linkages between Punjabi and Kashmiri terrorist groups is a matter of serious security concern for Punjab,” the chief minister said

The arrested person has been identified as Bikramjit Singh, 26, a resident of Dhariwal village near Rajasansi area of Amritsar. The second person involved in the attack, identified as Avtar Singh, is still absconding. It was Avtar who hurled the grenade at the Nirankari prayer meeting on Sunday, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured.