NIA raids Ludhiana court blast accused's house
India Today
The National Investigation Agency has launched a raid at the house of dismissed cop Gagandeep, who died in a bomb blast, allegedly triggered by him at a Ludhiana court in December last year.
National Investigation Agency officers have conducted a raid at Ludhiana bomb blast accused Gagandeep's house. Gagandeep was killed in the blast that took place on December 23, 2021. Six persons were injured in the explosion that was allegedly triggered by Gagandeep, a dismissed Punjab cop.
The explosion took place in a washroom on the second floor of the District and Sessions court complex in Ludhiana. According to police, Gagandeep had gone to the washroom in the court complex to assemble the bomb to plant it somewhere.
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Gagandeep, who was dismissed from service in 2019, had spent two years in the Ludhiana jail in a drug-related case.
Gagandeep along with two others — Ranjit Singh and Sukhwinder Singh — who were also lodged in the same jail, allegedly used these phones, the sources said.
Ranjit and Sukhwinder had been brought on production warrants for questioning, they said.
It has been found during the investigation that some international calls had also been made from these mobile phones. Two of these phones were largely used by Gagandeep during his stay in the jail, said police sources.
