Delhi Police nabs two 'suspects' from Bhalswa Dairy area, recovers hand grenades from rented house
Jan 14, 2023
New Delhi [India], January 14 : The Delhi Police arrested two 'suspicious' men and recovered two hand grenades from their house in the Bhalswa Dairy area of Jahangirpuri in the national capital.
The Special cell of the Delhi police arrested the two -- identified as Jagjit Singh (29) and Naushad (56) -- on Thursday. They were produced before the Patiala House Court on Friday and sent to police remand for 14 days.
Amid the interrogation of the suspects, the police said they carried out a raid at their rented house at Shradha Nand Colony in the Bhalswa Dairy police station limits on Friday, under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and recovered the hand grenades.
The police also recovered three pistols and 22 live cartridges from the suspects.
A team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) also visited the house and collected blood samples.
According to sources, it is alleged that the suspects killed a person in the house and shared a video of the killing with their handler.
The police said they were in the process of finding out who was killed.
Further, Delhi Police said it has information that Jagjit Singh has links to Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Dall. He is also a member of the notorious Bambiha gang and has been receiving instructions from anti-national elements based abroad, the city police said, adding that he is also a parole jumper in a murder case in Uttarakhand.
Naushad is also associated with Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), a terror group which is based in Pakistan and primarily operates in Jammu and Kashmir.
He has been a life convict in two counts of murder and has also served a 10-year sentence in connection with a case under the Explosive Act.
Their neighbours alleged that the accused took up residence at the rented house last year, during Diwali, adding that the construction of their own house is ongoing.
Quoting their neighbours, the police said they bought a new refrigerator only to return it a week later. On being asked why they were returning the refrigerator, they said it was not functioning properly.
The police suspect that they killed the person, chopped off the body and stored it in a refrigerator, adding that further investigation was underway.
More details are awaited.
