Sangrur BJP office attack: Two arrested for hurling petrol bomb at party office, filming act
PTC News Desk: In a significant development, two youths have been arrested in connection with the attack on BJP office in Sangrur in the wee hours of Monday. The duo hurled a petrol bomb at the party office and filmed the act in exchange for an advance payment of just Rs 2,200 part of the total amount promised to them.
The Sangrur police arrested the accused within 24 hours of the incident .
The accused have been identified as Happy Singh alias Happy, a resident of Bhammabandi, and Jaspreet Singh alias Jassi, a resident of Lehra.
The Sangrur police had formed three teams under the supervision of Davinder Attri, Superintendent of Police (Investigation), Sangrur. “These teams, with the help of human and technical Intelligence, traced the perpetrators of the incident, Happy Singh, alias Happy, of Bhamabaddi, Police Station Longowal; and Jaspreet Singh, alias Jassi, of Ward No. 12, Shaheed Udham Singh Basti, Police Station Lehra, within 24 hours and arrested them,” said Sangrur SSP Ravjot Grewal. They have been at booked under the Explosives Act.
Police also recovered the Platina motorcycle (registration number PB-13BQ-0227) allegedly used in the crime, along with two mobile phones from the accused.
During preliminary questioning, the accused reportedly revealed that they had been in contact with a person known as "Rana Bhai" through social media. According to the police, Rana Bhai had promised them a large sum of money to carry out the attack and send him a video of it.
Police said that ₹2,200 had already been transferred to the accused through two UPI transactions—₹1,200 and ₹1,000—as an advance payment. The accused had also recorded a video of the incident, which was to be sent to Rana Bhai.
- PTC NEWS
