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BKI militant arrested

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He had agreed to become a human bomb, say police

NEW DELHI: An alleged Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militant who had agreed to become a "human bomb" was arrested at Majnu Ka Tila in North Delhi by the Inter-State Cell of the Crime Branch of the Delhi police on Monday. A pistol and 15 live cartridges were recovered from him. A team led by Inspector Pankaj Sood received a tip-off that a BKI militant, Satnam Singh, who was part of the module headed by Jagtar Singh Hawara, the BKI chief of operations in India, had taken refuge at Gurdwara Majnu Ka Tila. A raid was conducted and he was arrested. Police said Hawara had disclosed that Satnam and some other BKI militants had agreed to become human bombs. While Hawara was lodged in the Burail Jail in Chandigarh, Sukhdev Singh and Amrik Singh of the Panjpyara group used to meet him regularly. During their visits, Hawara motivated them to work for the BKI. At his instance, Sukhdev roped in Satnam and promised to pay Rs. 10 lakhs to his family after his "sacrifice" for the "noble cause."

Satnam said that at Hawara's instance he made two attempts to eliminate Congress leader Bhajan Lal, one at Ambala and the other at Hissar in Haryana, during the Assembly elections this year.

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