32-Kg Rdx Haul In Capital

The Delhi Police today claimed to have busted an active terrorist module of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) responsible for several blasts in and around the Capital in recent times.

The police also recovered 32 kilograms of RDX, four hand grenades, a pistol, 63 live cartridges and other electronic devices used to make bombs.

The police have so far arrested three persons, identified as Sukhdev Singh alias Mithoo, Satbir Singh alias Sunny and Purshottam alias Kala, who is said to be the deputy chief of KZF.

The accused have reportedly confessed to having carried out the explosions in Paharganj in February this year, in a video coach at Sarhind in February, in Pooja Express in November last year and the Sealdah Express blast at Old Delhi Railway Station.

 

The Delhi Police Commissioner, Mr Ajai Raj Sharma, said that following the bomb blast in the Delhi-Saharanpur Express at Old Delhi Railway Station on January 6 this year, the Inter-State Cell of the Crime Branch was asked to take up investigations into the matter. Before the investigators could make much headway, another bomb exploded at Kailash Guest House in Paharganj on February 27.

As investigations progressed, it was learnt that the terrorists responsible for the blasts were using trucks at Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar and Azadpur Subzi Mandi to smuggle explosives into the Capital.

Toll tax records were scrutinised, which, police officials said, provided them vital clues. The police also identified International Transport Company's premises as the place where these trucks were arriving.

A round-the-clock watch was kept on the company. On March 13, information was received that two suspicious persons had been spotted there.

A raid was then conducted and the police were able to apprehend Sukhdev Singh alias Mithoo and Satbir Singh alias Sunny, both residents of Simbal Camp, Jammu.

A search reportedly led to the recovery of a Pakistan-made 7.62 pistol, four live cartridges and two hand grenades. The duo were produced in court and remanded to 14 days in police custody.

During their interrogation, the duo reportedly told the police that the KZF was presently being headed by Ranjit Singh alias Neeta, who operates from Nepal and Pakistan. They further said that their associates could be found in Jammu. A police team then took Satbir with them to Jammu.

However, it was learnt there that Purshottam, deputy chief of the KZF, had already left for Delhi on a truck (JK-02/B-1765). This information was flashed to Delhi and a police party was positioned to intercept trucks coming from Jammu.

The truck was later spotted parked on GT Road from where Purshottam was arrested.

A search of the truck led to the recovery of more explosives and weapons. So far, the police have seized 32 kilograms of RDX, four hand grenades, a pistol with an extra magazine, 63 cartridges, 5 ABCD timers, 15 detonators, three pencil timers and four batteries.