The police have arrested four more accused from Kishanpura village on Jalandhar-Pathankot road in connection with Baba Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale attack.
All the accused are associated with Damdami Taksal, Mehta Chowk, and the owner of the recovered Tata Safari is Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma, head of the Damdami Taksal. The accused – Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of village Gehari is currently residing at Damdami Taksal headquarters, Manveer Singh, a resident of Hisowal village, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, a resident of Dhaluwala in Haridwar (Uttarakhand), and Satnam Singh, a resident of Moranwali village (Kotkapura).
ADCP (Crime) Balkar Singh informed that on a tip off, the police installed set up a check point at Krishanpura village and an approaching Tata Safari coming from Bhogpur direction was signaled to stop.
“During investigation, all four accused confessed that they were involved in the attack on Dhadrianwale on May 17. We are enquiring about other persons involved in the attack and the weapons used by them in the crime.”
Officers claimed that the accused were traveling in same vehicle – PB023J 0015– used in the attack and was registered at Fatehgarh Sahib in the name of Dhumma.
However, the police refused to divulge further details in this regard. Highly placed sources said the police have identified more than 12 attackers and constituted five raiding teams to nab them.The police have arrested four accused previously who have been remanded in police custody for four days.
Police harassing our men unnecessarily – Damdami Taksal
Gurdial Singh, assistant of Harnam Singh Dhumma said that they have nothing to do with the Dhadrianwale attack. The Police have arrested our eight men in false case and impounded the vehicles of Taksal.
Condemning the Police action and to clear the air, Baba Harnam Singh will hold the press conference on Saturday. Baba ji is silent as he was busy in religious events but he will clarify the things shortly, added Hardial Singh of Damdami Taksal Mehta.
Congress alleges Punjab government’s role in Dhadrianwale attack
Terming the attack on Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale the government’s “sinister design” to “muzzle” opposing voices, the Punjab Congress on Friday demanded a special Vidhan Sabha session to discuss the law and order situation in the state.The Congress leaders said their discussions with Dhadrianwale pointed towards the government’s “direct or indirect role” in the attack on his cavalcade near Ludhiana on Tuesday. They said deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal should name the attackers, who managed to orchestrate the “ambush” in a busy district such as Ludhiana.
After a half-an-hour-long closed-door meeting with Dhadrianwale at Gurdwara Parmeshar Dwar, 15 km from Patiala, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) vice-presidents Sunil Jakhar and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said: “Dhadrianwale has been one of the fiercest voices against the government over the sacrilege issue at Bargari village in Faridkot district. By attacking him, an attempt is being made to muzzle the voice of those speaking against the state government.”