NIA Chargesheets Four Accused In Punjab Ex-Minister Manoranjan Kalia Grenade Attack

Jalandhar : Six months after a high-intensity grenade attack at the residence of BJP leader and former Punjab minister Manoranjan Kalia in Jalandhar, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against four persons connected to the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), a banned terrorist organisation.

The chargesheet reveals that the BKI-led terror module was responsible for orchestrating the attack, which occurred on April 7 this year.

The central agency has named two arrested accused, Saidul Ameen of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, who lobbed the grenade at Kalia’s Jalandhar residence on April 7, and Abhijot Jangra of Kurukshetra in Haryana, who provided financial logistics to Saidul. The chargesheet also included the names of two fugitives — Yamunanagar resident Kulbir Singh Sidhu, the main operative of BKI and his US-based associate Manish alias Kaka Rana of Karnal.