6 including 2 juveniles arrested for RPG attack on Punjab police station

TIL Desk/National/Chandigarh/ The Punjab police has arrested four people and apprehended two juveniles in connection with the recent rocket-propelled grenade attack at a police station in Tarn Taran district in the state. The attack was carried out at the directions of an intelligence agency of the neighbouring country, director general of police Gaurav Yadav said pointing to Pakistan.

The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (18), of Naushera Pannuan, Gurlal Singh Gahla (19) of Chohla Sahib, Gurlal Singh alias Lali (21) village Thathiya Mahanta, Jobanpreet Singh alias Joban (18) of Naushera Pannuan, and two juveniles, he said.

The RPG was fired at the Sarhali police station in Tarn Taran on December 9, the second such attack in the state in the last seven months. There was no casualty in the incident. The attack evoked a sharp reaction from the opposition parties against the Aam Aadmi Party government over the law and order situation in the state. Earlier in May, an RPG was fired at the Punjab police’s intelligence headquarters located in Mohali.