National Investigation Agency raided the homes of three Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) terrorists in Moga’s Dala village on Thursday. The search operation was conducted in connection with the murder case of Dera follower, Manohar Lal, in Bathinda’s Bhangra Bhai ka village.
According to a source familiar with the situation, the team visited the house of Lovepreet Singh alias Ravi, Kamaldeep Sharma alias Kamal and Arshdeep Singh of Dala village. The NIA arrived at the village in the morning.
The National Investigation Team led by DSP rank officer Tejinder Singh conducted a thorough search at the houses.
Lovepreet, Ram Singh, and Kamaldeep had already been arrested by Moga police when it was discovered that they were acting on the orders of KTF's Canada-based chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Gangster Hardeep Singh, alias Suraj Raunta, a KTF operative's associate was also arrested.
“The investigation team is visiting places linked to the investigation. Therefore, they visited the house of KTF operatives in Dala village," said Moga SSP Harmanbir Singh Gill.
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Lovepreet, Ram Singh, and Kamaldeep were wanted in the murder cases of Tejinder Singh alias Pinka, a businessman, and Dera Sacha Sauda follower and for shooting a priest in Phillaur.
As per the sources, the investigation team was staying in a rented house for a week and raided Arshdeep’s house Thursday morning. Meanwhile, the NIA has raided 9 locations in Punjab and UP in connection with a case of threat and extortion of money by Khalistani terrorists at the Mehna area of Moga in Punjab on May 2021.
The searches were conducted in Punjab at Bheela area of Barnala, Ghall Khurd and Satiawala areas in Ferozpur along with Dala of Moga. In UP, NIA raided Hastinapur and Udyawali.
“The team has recovered, empty bullet cartridges, one polybag containing 122 grams of narcotic substance, digital devices including compact drives, mobile phones, sim cards and many incriminating documents,” said a senior official.