NIA Arrests Ludhiana Court Blast Co-Conspirator Harpreet Singh from IGI Airport

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 2nd Dec. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Friday that absconding December 2021 Ludhiana Court building blast conspirator and wanted terrorist Harpreet Singh was arrested at Delhi airport shortly after his arrival from Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.

Harpreet was a co-conspirator in the December 2021 Ludhiana Court Building blast with Lakhbir Singh Rode, a Pakistan-based self-styled Chief of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF). The massive bomb blast killed one person and injured six others.

Harpreet, a resident of Punjab’s Amritsar district, was apprehended at Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday soon after arriving from Malaysia.

Punjab Police initially registered the case on December 23, 2021, and the NIA re-registered it on January 1, this year.

“Investigations revealed that Harpreet Singh alias Happy Malaysia, an associate of Lakhbir Singh Rode, was one of the conspirators of the Ludhiana Court Building blast, alongwith Rode,” said the NIA in a statement.

Acting on the directions of Rode, Harpreet coordinated the delivery of the custom-made Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which had been sent from Pakistan to his India-based associates, that was used in the Ludhiana Court Complex blast, said the NIA.

Harpreet was also involved in and wanted in a number of cases, including the smuggling of explosives, weapons, and narcotics.

Previously, the NIA had declared a reward of Rs 10 lakh on Harpreet Singh, against whom a non-bailable warrant had been issued by the Special NIA court and a look-out circular had been issued.