5 held for Mohali attack, link between Babbar Khalsa-ISI bared, says DGP

TIL Desk/National/Chandigarh/ The Punjab Police has arrested five people in connection with the rocket-propelled grenade attack at its Mohali office and pointed at the nexus of militant outfit Babbar Khalsa International and Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.

Director General of Police V K Bhawra on Friday said a sixth accused is in police custody in a separate case and he will be arrested in this case as well.

In an audacious attack on Monday, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the state police’s intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali’s Sector 77.

Bhawra said the plot behind the incident has been traced and the nexus of militant outfit Babbar Khalsa International and gangsters at the behest of the Pakistan’s ISI has come to the fore.

“This incident was the result of the BKI-gangster nexus at the behest of Pakistan’s ISI,” said the DGP addressing a news conference.