Associate of Canada-based terrorist Linda arrested in Punjab
Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Feb, 2023 12:13 PM
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) Punjab Police have arrested an associate of Canada-based terrorist Lakhbir Singh, a.k.a. Linda, and his three aides after recovering four pistols along with ammunition from their possession, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said here on Friday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Vijay Kumar, a.k.a. Toti, while his three aides have been identified as Amardeep Singh, Sooraj Singh and Rahul Lahoch, all residents of Jalandhar.
The main accused, Vijay, has been facing 18 criminal cases pertaining to drugs, illegal weapons, kidnapping and extortion.
DGP Yadav said that acting on input that accused Vijay along with his gang members were hatching a conspiracy to commit crime in Kartarpur area, teams from Jalandhar Rural promptly conducted a special drive in Durgi area of Jalandhar and arrested all four accused persons, who were travelling on two motorcycles.
He said the police have recovered four pistols, including two .32 bore country-made pistols along with 10 cartridges, one 9 mm country-made pistol along with two cartridges and one .12 bore country-made pistol along with one cartridge from their possession.
As a precautionary measure to contain and control the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, the Kartarpur Corridor was temporarily suspended from March 16, 2020. With the improvement in the Covid-19 situation, the corridor was reopened to pilgrims on November 17, 2021.
The blood samples were also recovered, from bathroom and kitchen, by forensic officials in the Chattarpur house, where both Poonawalla and Walkar had shifted on May 15, three days before her murder.
The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief at the incident and directed officials to ensure proper treatment to the injured.
Police recovered 50,000 yaba tablets and 200 grams of heroin from an ambulance during the operation. Upon intercepting the vehicle, the consignment of contraband substances was recovered. "We estimate the market value of these drugs to be 14.10 crore," the police officer added.
According to the Health Ministry source, the hackers targeted five physical servers of the hospital, but the data from these five servers have been retrieved now. Meanwhile, the hospital has also started functioning on online mode partially in some departments.
Mentioning high footfalls at airport terminals, SpiceJet has an advisory to passengers asking them to reach early and carry not more than one hand baggage of up to 7 kilograms. About Delhi airport, the airline said due to high footfalls, check-in and boarding is expected to take much longer than usual.
