Punjab police on Saturday (April 4, 2026) claimed that State’s intelligence wing in a joint operation with Chandigarh police, has successfully solved the grenade attack case outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh, with the arrest of five accused involved in the incident.
The Police said they have recovered one hand grenade and one (point) .30 bore Zigana pistol along with ammunition from their possession.
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Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said those arrested have been identified as Balwinder Lal alias Shami of village Majari, Jasvir Singh alias Jassi of village Bharapur and Charanjit Singh alias Channi of village Sujawalpur in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, besides Mandeep alias Abhijot Sharma of village Dhuri in Sangrur district of Punjab and Rubal Chauhan of village Thana in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.
Mr. Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the module was backed by Pakistan’s ISI and operated under the directions of foreign-based handlers located in Portugal and Germany. The accused persons were part of a structured network involving multiple cutouts and sub-modules to execute the attack, he said.
