Special Operation Cell get five-day police remand of wanted terrorist Javed

Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 11

Wanted terrorist and arms supplier Javed was produced in the court of duty magistrate Amit Bakshi Civil Judge (Junior Division), here on Thursday, by the Special Operation Cell (SOC) of the Punjab police.

The court remanded arms supplier Javed to five days police custody till June 16.

During the production warrant, the SOC pleaded before the judge that they had to establish from where Javed procured arms and ammunition besides his links with other terrorist groups.

An SOC officer said they also wanted to ascertain his aides in Punjab and other states of the country with his overseas links.

Pertinently, the SOC got his production warrant from the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh police after the ATS had arrested him from Meerut on June 7.

According to the SOC sources, Javed is wanted in Punjab for his alleged involvement in supplying of arms and ammunition to Dharminder Singh alias Gugni, a resident of Ludhiana and a member of the banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF).

Javed had supplied illegal weapons to Gugni, who was involved in the murder of Brig (retd) Jagdish Kumar Gagneja, a senior RSS office-bearer of Punjab.

Ashish, an accomplice of Javed, was arrested earlier.

The National Investigation Agency is probing the case.