Chandigarh explosion: Punjab Police has in the present day (September 15) arrested the second suspect concerned within the Chandigarh grenade assault incident. Vishal Masih, a resident of village Raimal in Gurdaspur’s Batala, was nabbed from Delhi, Director Basic of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav stated.
Two suspects, who got here in an auto-rickshaw, had carried out the grenade blast at a home in upscale Sector 10 on September 11 (Wednesday). Police arrested most important perpetrator Rohan Masih, concerned within the blast incident, on September 13.
“Inside 72 hours of the Chandigarh Grenade blast, the @PunjabPoliceInd in coordination with Central Companies has arrested the second perpetrator of the blast,” Yadav stated in a publish on X.
“Following leads generated via numerous sources, second perpetrator Vishal Masih s/o Sabi Masih resident of village Raimal close to Dhyanpur PS Kotli Surat Mallian, #Batala, District #Gurdaspur has been arrested from #Delhi,” he stated.
Additional investigations are being carried out to uncover the complete conspiracy, he additional stated.
Police had earlier stated the Chandigarh grenade blast was masterminded by Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Singh Rinda, who’s backed by Pakistan’s spy company ISI, and US-based gangster Harpreet Singh alias Blissful Passia.
Police had additionally stated that Rohan had confessed to his involvement within the grenade blast, revealing that he acted on the behest of Passia, who supplied the hand grenade and weapons via his associates.
Passia had organized funds and logistics for them, police had stated.