NIA chargesheets 3 in Punjab police post grenade attack, links case to Khalistan Zindabad Force | Amritsar News
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against three individuals in connection with the 2024 grenade attack on a police post in Punjab’s SBS Nagar district, linking the act to a larger conspiracy orchestrated by the banned Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) terror outfit. The accused — Yugpreet Singh alias Yuvi Nihung, Jaskaran Singh alias Shah, and Harjot Singh alias Jot Hundal — have been charged under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Explosive Substances Act, and related provisions, the agency said in a statement on Sunday. The NIA has also initiated a separate probe against Ranjit Singh Neeta, the outfit’s chief and a designated individual terrorist, along with UK-based KZF operative Jagjit Singh Lahri alias Jagga and other unidentified members of the network. The agency said Jagga had recruited Yugpreet through a UK-based contact, radicalised him via encrypted messaging apps, and transferred over ₹4.36 lakh in terror funds using a Canada-based network of entities. Yugpreet later recruited Jaskaran and Harjot, and the trio carried out the grenade attack on the night of December 1–2, 2024. In a parallel investigation, the NIA on June 12 raided 15 locations in Punjab and Haryana linked to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in connection with a separate grenade attack on a police post in Amritsar district in January 2025. The searches were conducted in Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Pathankot, Kapurthala, and Rupnagar districts of Punjab, and in Sirsa district of Haryana. A range of incriminating materials, including mobile phones, digital devices and documents, were seized during the operation. The NIA took over the SBS Nagar case in April 2025 and re-registered it as RC-09/2025/NIA/DLI. Investigations are ongoing into both the KZF and BKI terror networks.
