The FBI in Sacramento, CA Thursday arrested a man it says is connected to two terrorist groups, reports the BBC.
Harpreet Singh is suspected in a grenade attack in India last year. That country’s National Investigation Agency described him as the “primary handlers and masterminds behind the attack”.
“The grenade attack, which targeted former Jalandhar SP Jaskirat Singh Chahal and his family, was carried out by two persons. Passia later claimed responsibility for the attack on social media,” an officer said to Indian Express.
In March, India authorities charged four people in the attack including Singh, who is also known as Happy Passia. The NIA says the four belong to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) which it has designated a terrorist group aimed at creating an independent state of Khalistan.
The agency says Singh provided “logistical support, terror funds, weapons and ammunition to India-based on-ground operatives in Chandigarh for executing the grenade attack,” along with his suspected co-conspirator Harwinder Singh Sandhu, also known as Rinda.
Authorities say Sandhu remains at large.
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