Almost three months after three reside hand-grenades and an improvised explosive system (IED) had been allegedly recovered alongside the Ambala-Chandigarh freeway in Sadhopur village on the Haryana-Punjab border, the Ambala Police is ready so as to add costs underneath related sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), superintendent of police Jashandeep Singh Randhawa mentioned on Monday.

This comes after a SIT, headed by further superintendent of police Pooja Dabla, accomplished a three-day remand of Gurpreet alias Gopi, 27, on Monday and related custody of Akashdeep alias Akash, 21, and Amandeep, 29, ended on Saturday. They have reportedly disclosed to have labored for his or her handler Harvinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda, a Pakistan-based gangster-terrorist. All are natives of Ferozepur district.

While Gopi, the purported mastermind, was held alongside along with his brother Amandeep and two others with heavy explosives in an Innova in Karnal final month, Akash was arrested by Punjab Police along with his confederate from their respective villages in reference to the case, now transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Detailing the revelations, Randhawa advised the reporters, “Gopi along with the duo were tasked to keep three live hand grenades, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and 50,000 cash by Rinda on March 14 or 15. Gopi is a history-sheeter, who met one Rajbeer in a jail, who introduced him to Rinda and started working for him. As per the case files, the explosives were received from across the border through drones and received at the village of Akashdeep’s maternal grandmother, near the International Border in Ferozepur.”

An announcement quoting Randhawa mentioned that as per their modus operandi, the latitude and longitude coordinates and a video of the delivered consignment had been despatched to the handler for the advantage of the receiver and on this case they had been advised to ship it at a milestone displaying Ambala at 12 kilometres.

The prime cop advised the HT that the suspected terrorists had been advised to ship the explosives at Drive-in 22 resort underneath the bounds of Mohali’s Lalru, whereas the recoveries had been made at an empty plot subsequent to Maharishi Markandeshwar University that falls in Ambala.

However, each are a few kilometers aside on both aspect of the freeway and the latter might have been a most secure possibility, investigators imagine.

“We are additionally investigating how the placement modified. They advised us that 50,000 was additionally saved for the receiver, however the quantity was not discovered at our restoration web site. A monetary probe to test their financial institution accounts can also be underway. We are additionally making an attempt to determine the receiver of the explosives,” Randhawa added.

The explosives seized on March 20 had been defused by a bomb disposal squad underneath a managed surroundings within the deserted space. Initially, a case underneath the Explosive Substances Act was registered at Baldev Nagar police station.

Officials from central groups, together with NIA, National Security Guards (NSG) and others, together with senior cops from Punjab Police had additionally visited the positioning the subsequent day.