Two held for anti-Dera plot: Cops

Two held for anti-Dera plot: Cops
Rajay Deep
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, September 9
With the arrest of two more allies of Daljit Singh Bittu, chief of the SAD Amritsar (Panch Pardhani), Bathinda police claimed to have foiled another bid to kill the manager of Dera Salabatpura, the state headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.
According to police, the accused were arrested from Bhucho Mandi roundabout when they were chalking out a strategy to kill the manager of the Dera and damage some Dera property to create disturbance in the state.
Two pistols and six cartridges have been recovered from their possession.
The accused were identified as Gurlabh Singh of Bhai Rupa and Kulveer Singh of Maur Mandi, who were, earlier too, arrested on the same charges in the first week of last month. At that time, a case was registered against the six persons at Dialpura police station and various weapons were also recovered from their possession.
As per the police, the accused were out on bail from Bathinda jail on September 5 and again got involved in trying to give actual shape to their previously foiled plan.
This time, they were found heard, naming one Amrit Pal of Mehraj, who is presently in England, for lending financial aid from there. Further, they were observed talking about some monetary favour assured from various organizations inside and outside the country.
Besides Amrit Pal, the accused named Jagsir Singh of Tungwali, Tela Singh of Phul, Gurpreet Singh of Bhagta and Makhan Singh of Sardoolgarh as their accomplice in the plan.
It may be mentioned that Makhan Singh is already in police custody for killing Lily Kumar, a Dera follower of Mansa, from whose interrogation Patiala police had recovered a huge quantity of RDX.
Bathinda police has now began an investigation to nab all the accused.
It may be mentioned that according to the previous plan that was foiled, they had practiced to ensure the execution of operation in a fool-proof way. Though they had formed parties to make the operation successful in a planned way, due to one or the other reason, success had eluded them.
Confirming the facts, Cantonment police officials said, "The accused are in police remand for one day, during the period, various facts are expected to come out. They have been booked under the Unlawful Activities Act."