Accused revealed bike carrying explosive was to be planted in crowded area: Fazilka Police
Balwinder Singh alias Bindu of Jhugge Nihanga Wale village had died in the blast in Jalalabad town at around 8 pm on September 15. He had a criminal background.
This is the fourth such tiffin bomb IED fabricated in a ‘Made in Pakistan’ Children’s Tiffin Box — all bearing pictures of cartoon characters — recovered from border state Punjab in the last 40 days.
THREE DAYS after a motorcycle blast in Jalalabad left one person dead, the Fazilka Police on Saturday said they had cracked the case with the arrest of one Parveen Kumar. Kumar had revealed that the motorcycle carrying explosive material was meant to be placed in a crowded area in Jalalabad city, Ferozepur Range Inspector General Jatinder Singh Aulakh said in a statement.
Balwinder Singh alias Bindu of Jhugge Nihanga Wale village had died in the blast in Jalalabad town at around 8 pm on September 15. He had a criminal background.
“Following up on an input given by a farmer coupled with disclosures by Parveen, the police have also recovered a tiffin bomb kept concealed in fields in the area in his native village Dharmupura, which is just 3 km away from the India-Pak border,” Aulakh stated.
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