NIA attaches several properties in Sandhu murder case

New Delhi: The NIA on Tuesday attached several immovable properties belonging to two accused in a Punjab narco-terrorism case involving the killing of Shaurya Chakra awardee Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu allegedly by agents of the banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF).

The agency had said that its investigation had revealed that Harbhinder Singh, along with an associate, had helped an accused, Inderjit Singh, in the reconnaissance of Sandhu's residence with the purpose of killing him as part of a conspiracy by KLF cadres based in India and abroad.

Gurwinder Singh alias Baba, in association with Sukhmeet Pal Singh alias Sukh Bhikariwal was involved in supplying weapons, which were used in the murder, according to the NIA. Sukhmeet is a close associate of "designated individual terrorist" Lakhbir Singh Rode.