NIA freezes immovable property of Lakhbir Singh Rode’s aide Surat Singh
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has frozen the immovable property of a key operative in a 2021 bike blast case in Punjab, charging that he was a “key agent in the terror network involved in the smuggling of narcotics, explosives, arms and ammunition from Pakistan” and had links to Pakistan-based weapons smuggler Habib Khan alias Doctor and Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Rode.
Khalistani operative, Surat Singh, as well as Khan and Rode, are among the nine accused charge-sheeted by the NIA in the 2021 Jalalabad bike blast case in which the bomber was killed. “The property of Surat Singh aka Surti, resident of village Mahatam Nagar under the jurisdiction of Fazilka Sadar police station has been frozen under the provisions of the NDPS [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances] Act 1985. The said property comprises Khewat numbers 84/78, 93/87, and 95/89, totalling an area of 13 kanal, 17 marla, and 5 sarsai,” stated an official spokesperson of the NIA.
The NIA investigations have revealed that Khan and Rode had collaborated with Surat Singh and other associates in India to create a terror gang in Punjab to perpetrate IED blasts and operate a narco-terror racket to destabilize the region. “Surat Singh has been identified as a key agent in the terror network, involved in the smuggling of narcotics, explosives, arms and ammunition from Pakistan. He used encrypted communication channels such as WhatsApp, along with fake IDs and virtual numbers to facilitate the logistical and financial aspects of terrorist activities as an overground worker (OGW) of the narco-terror network,” as per NIA findings.
NIA Freezes Immovable Property of Key Aide of Pak-Based Khalistani Terrorists Rode & Doctor in Jalalabad Blast Case pic.twitter.com/QW3A3cQMuG
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In association with other accused, Surat Singh provided support for the execution of criminal conspiracies on the directions of Pakistan-based handlers, the NIA said. The case was initially registered under sections 3 and 4 of the Explosives Act at Jalalabad City police station, Fazilka, on September 16, 2021, a day after the blast in a Bajaj Platina bike in Jalalabad. The NIA took over and re-registered the case on October 1, 2021.
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