AGTF detains 6 for grenade attack in Punjab
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Jaipur: The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Rajasthan Police Monday said it detained six persons including three minors for their alleged role in a grenade attack in Punjab last month and for conspiring to carry out blasts in Punjab, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh ahead of Independence Day.
ADG (AGTF) Dinesh MN said the detentions were made Sunday after the accused fled Punjab following a grenade explosion outside a liquor shop last month, allegedly executed by a Bishnoi gang operative to spread fear and extort money. Acting on a request from Punjab Police, additional SP (AGTF) Siddhant Sharma deployed undercover teams in the Jaipur and Ajmer ranges, which gathered intelligence in criminal hubs of Jaipur city and Tonk before zeroing in on the suspects.
Those detained were identified as Jitendra Chaudhary of Tonk district in Rajasthan, Sanjay Nayak of Shergarh in Hanumangarh district, and Sonu alias Kali of Kapurthala in Punjab, and three minors.
Investigations revealed that the group allegedly acted under the instructions of Zeeshan Akhtar, a Canada-based handler linked to the Bishnoi gang, who is suspected to have supplied the grenades used in the Punjab attack.
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Police said Akhtar, who earlier played a key role in the killing of Baba Siddiqui in Mumbai, operates in collaboration with Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti and Punjab-based criminal Gopi Nawanshahria.
The suspects were reportedly in contact with Akhtar through Instagram and other online platforms and were told to plan additional grenade attacks in Delhi and Gwalior around Aug 15. Police said the detentions averted potential large-scale violence, and efforts are on to trace the explosives' supply chain and identify other members.
"After the interrogation, the suspects will be handed over to the Punjab Police where there is an FIR filed against them in the grenade attack case," said an official.
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