The NIA had sought the accumulation warrants to instrumentality the accused into constabulary custody. (Express Photo by Jasbir Malhi)
The Special NIA Court successful Chandigarh has allowed the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) exertion for a accumulation warrant for Rohan Masih and Vishal Masih, accused successful the grenade onslaught astatine a location successful Sector 10 connected September 11, 2024.
The NIA had sought the accumulation warrants to instrumentality the accused into constabulary custody. In its application, the bureau stated that 3 mobile phones seized from the accused during their apprehension had been sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) successful Chandigarh for information extraction.
The forensic study has since been received and analysed, revealing caller details astir the accused’s relation successful the case. During witnesser examinations, captious caller facts came to light, and the bureau recovered incriminating chats, videos, photos, and overseas numbers saved successful their WhatsApp interaction lists. The NIA contended that the accused needed to explicate this material.
The agency, done its Senior Public Prosecutor, Urfi Massood Syed, argued that a elaborate interrogation of the accused was indispensable to uncover further facts that had surfaced during tract investigations. The tribunal was informed that a deeper probe was required to clarify the suspicious and incriminating information recovered successful the extracted mobile telephone reports.
After proceeding the arguments, Special NIA Judge Alka Malik allowed the exertion and ordered, “Let accused Rohan Masih and Vishal Masih alias Shalu beryllium summoned done accumulation warrants for January 31, 2025, directing the Superintendent, Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh, to nutrient them earlier this court.”
The lawsuit was registered nether Section 13 and 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, on with Sections 109 (abetment), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 333 (house trespass aft mentation for assault), and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), arsenic good arsenic Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
The archetypal probe by Chandigarh Police revealed that the grenade onslaught was carried retired connected the orders of designated violent Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda of Babbar Khalsa International, a Pakistan-based violent organisation. The onslaught was allegedly orchestrated successful collaboration with Happy Passian, a gangster-turned-terrorist presently based successful the United States, done their operatives successful Punjab. The lawsuit was aboriginal handed implicit to the NIA.
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