“Dhadrianwale had stayed away from the Sarbat Khalsa which further heightened the tension brewing between the groups.

The alleged Dhuma supporters wanted to ‘take revenge’ from Dhadrianwala and tension was simmering since the Sarbat Khalsa called by radicals last year which led to this conspiracy, confirmed police sources. The suspected vehicles include a black-coloured Mahindra Scorpio with a Delhi registration number owned by one Deepak of Kalkaji area in Delhi silver-coloured Bolero owned by one Narinder Singh of Patiala white-coloured Mahindra Open jeep and white-coloured Tata Safari owned by Baba Harnam Singh of village Mehta in Amritsar. The fourth accused, Manjit Singh, provided shelter to the accused.ĬCTV grabs taken from Ladhowal toll plaza by the police show that accused entered Ludhiana around 5.28 pm in four vehicles and exited the city around 8.15 pm. The senior police officer confirmed that Hardev Singh of Amritsar was driving the Bolero vehicle. All efforts are being made to arrest Dalbir as soon as possible.” During interrogation, they have also confessed the name of one Dalbir Singh. Gagandeep and Jaspreet, his accomplices from Ludhiana, did a recce of the spot and helped him in setting up the fake ‘chabeel’. Meanwhile, attending the cremation of Bhupinder Singh who was killed in the attack, Dhadrianwale said if the police fails to arrest all the suspects by Thursday, his supporters would launch a statewide massive agitation against police inaction.Ī senior police officer who is part of the investigating team said, “Hardev Singh is the main conspirator. One Hardeep Singh of Kohar village near Malerkotla is also being interrogated by the police.

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