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The Delhi Police Special Cell Wednesday arrested a member of the banned Khalistani group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) who is wanted in illegal arms trafficking in the national capital and police station grenade attack cases in Punjab.
The accused has been identified as Akash Deep, in his early 20s. He was allegedly involved in the grenade attack at the Lal Singh Qila police station in Punjab’s Batala in April, the police said, adding that he has been interrogated. The police said Deep is suspected of having helped the accused who threw a grenade near the police station on the intervening night of April 6 and 7. The Punjab Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Explosives Act.
A day after the blast, BKI claimed in a social media post that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the Pilibhit encounter in December 2024 in which three people allegedly linked to another grenade attack on the Bakshiwala police station in Gurdaspur were killed by a joint team of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Police.
In December last year, the Punjab Police, along with the Uttar Pradesh Police, shot dead three alleged Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) operatives identified as Gurvinder Singh, 25, Virendra Singh alias Ravi, 23, and Jasan Preet Singh alias Pratap Singh, 18, all residents of Gurdaspur. They were reportedly involved in grenade attacks on another police outpost in Punjab in November. The police claimed to have seized two AK-47 assault rifles, two Glock pistols, and a significant quantity of ammunition from their possession.
Later, during the investigation, the UP Police said the accused had come to Pilibhit under the instructions of the wanted BKI operative Kulbeer Singh alias Sidhu.
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