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UT Police discovers terror links in Germany in Burial Jail Bomb case
Live IED was recovered near Burail Jail Chandigarh Police and blast was prevented
Harshabab Sidhu
Chandigarh, May 20, 2022:
Chandigarh police discovered terror links in Germany to Jaswinder Singh Multani, an activist of the banned terror organization - Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), in Burail Jail bomb case. The police also recovered three live detonators, a tiffin bomb containing 1 kg explosive, nails and burnt codex wire and a mobile phone, involved in the case. Multani was arrested in Germany in December 2021.
Notably, in view of alerts received from security agencies, Chandigarh Police had prevented a big incident by recovering a live IED from near the back side wall of Burail jail on April 23, 2022.
BRIEF OF THE CASE:-
In the light of several inputs being received from various agencies, the team of Operations Cell, the anti-terrorist wing of Chandigarh Police was put on high alert by senior officers and asked to conduct searches and checking at Vital Installations. On 23.04.2022, the team of Operations Cell, under the supervision of Jasbir Singh DSP/Operations and Inspector Amanjot Singh I/C Operations along with QRTs of Operations Cell, was conducting security Checks at various Vital Installations including Elante Mall, ISBT, Sector-17 & 43 and when during this process team reached near the backside of Burail Jail, they got alarmed by seeing fire and smoke adjacent to the back wall of Burail Jail. The team immediately stopped and rushed to the spot. They got alert on noticing the tiffin, detonator, and burning Codex wire. Insp. Narinder Patial of the Distt Crime squad also reached the spot. The team present at the spot shows the presence of mind and courage in immediately controlling the fire which could have caused a massive IED Blast and saved valuable human lives.
After alertness was issued, Kuldeep Singh Chahal, SSP/UT immediately rushed to the spot and directed to call the B.D.S. team and immediately asked the area to be cordoned off to prevent any eventuality. The Traffic was diverted through different routes. The B.D.S team of western command of the Indian army rushed to the spot and Chandigarh Police and B.D.T, I.A. confirmed the presence of explosive in the tiffin after examining the same. Thereafter, a case FIR No. 33 dated 24.04.2022. U/S 3,4 Explosive Substance Act 1908, was registered at PS, Sector-49, Chandigarh.
The IED was covered by a bomb disposal box & sandbag and NSG team was called from Manesar for safe disposal. On 24.04.2022 a team of NSG visited the spot and disposed off the bomb safely. From the spot a black backpack was also found in which one detonator wrapped in one Urdu Pakistani newspaper, a small polypack containing nails and some
printouts with “Khalistan Action Force“ written on them were also recovered.
During the course of the investigation, dump data of the scene of the crime was lifted and CCTVs near the spots that were analyzed was called. During analysis, several suspicious numbers were short-listed. On further analysis, one mobile was found suspicious and was found switched off, since the time of the incident. The said number has made one international call to Germany which on checking was found in the name of J.S. Multani. At J.S. Multani has earlier been suspect in terrorist activities.
The Combing of the area was done thoroughly to find out any further evidence. The success was obtained on 28.04.2022, when the B.D.S team during a thorough search, recovered one Redmi Black Colour Mobile handset and one more detonator. On checking mobile phone, the link with J. Singh Multani was again confirmed. After this section U/s 13, 18 & 20 of UAPA 1967 were added. All the recovered material has been deposited to CFSL for examination and further investigation into the case is being carried out.
Recovery:-
Sr. No.
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Recovered item
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Quantity
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1.
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Live Detonators.
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03
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2.
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Live Tiffin Bomb Containing approximately 01
KG explosive, nails and burnt codex wire.
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01
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3.
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One Urdu newspaper.
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4.
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A small polypack containing nails.
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5.
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Some printouts with “Khalistan Action Force“
written on them.
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6.
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One Mobile Phone make Redmi 9A.
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01
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