Punjab Police question Tunda

August 21, 2013 23:26

Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Abdul Karim Tunda was today questioned by Punjab Police over his links with top leadership of Sikh separatist outfit Babbar Khalsa International and his role in a 2009 case relating to recovery of 10 kg of RDX in Amritsar.

According to a senior police official, on December 31, 2009, Punjab Police had thwarted a possible terror attack with the recovery of 10 kg of RDX from a car outside a government guest house in Amritsar and arrest of three persons.

During the investigation, the name of Ratandeep Singh, a key BKI operative in the case, figured as the key conspirator behind placing of the explosives to carry out high-intensity blast in Amritsar, police said.

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