A day after the NIA Special Court, Mohali, declared Arshdeep Singh Dala a Proclaimed Offender (PO) in a targeted killing conspiracy case, the agency on Tuesday raided several premises, connected with associates of the Canada-based “individual designated terrorist”, in Punjab and Haryana. The searches were conducted at 10 locations at the premises of associates of Dala and his close aide and absconder, Manpreet Singh alias Peeta, currently living in the Philippines in a case registered suo moto by NIA on August 20, 2022, the NIA said.
Several incriminating materials, including digital devices, were seized during the raids, conducted as part of NIA’s crackdown on ‘individual terrorists’ and terrorist outfits engaged in criminal/terrorist activities in India. A total of six accused have so far been arrested in the case, the agency said in a statement.
The case relates to the terror activities of proscribed terrorist organisations, such as Khalistan Liberation Force, Babbar Khalsa International, International Sikh Youth Federation, Khalistan Tiger Force etc. Such activities include smuggling of terrorist hardware, such as arms, ammunition explosive and IEDs across international borders.
The smuggled goods are for use by operatives/members of terror outfits and organised criminal gangs operating in various parts of the country for carrying out terrorist acts like bomb explosions and targeted killings among other such crimes.