NIA arrests key arms supplier of Canada-based Landa gang

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key aide of Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, alias Landa, in a major terror network case involving supply of deadly weapons for extortion from businessmen among others, an official statement mentioned on Friday.

The weapons, supplied by Baljeet Singh, were used to carry out large-scale terror activities, including extortions from businessmen and others, according to the NIA. (Picture only for representational purpose)

Identified as Baljeet Singh, alias Rana Bhai, alias Balli, the accused hails from Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh. He was arrested on Thursday and produced in an NIA special court in Mohali which remanded him to agency’s custody. Balli was found to be a major weapon supplier to Landa’s agents in Punjab.