India: Canada-based gangster behind IED bomb planted under Police SI’s car


With the arrest of seven persons including a man who planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the car of Punjab Police Sub-Inspector in Amritsar, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday said that it is yet another case of terrorist-gangster nexus to disturb peace in the border state as it turned out to be the handiwork of Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa.

On 16 August, two unknown motorcycle-borne persons planted an IED under the SUV Bolero (PB02-CK-0800) of SI Dilbag Singh parked outside his residence in the area of C-Block, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar. The mobile phone-triggering IED weighing about 2.79 kilograms and carrying about 2.17-kilogram high explosives was recovered from the spot by the local police.

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Source: The Statesman