Terrorist linked to Ludhiana Court blast arrested in Germany

Germany : A member of terrorist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), Jaswinder Singh Multani, has been arrested in Germany on Monday. He has alleged links to the Ludhiana Court blast.

According to a news report, the police officer said that they found names of two suspects residing in Pakistan and Germany, both from banned Sikh organizations, during their investigation.

Intelligence agencies had earlier issued an alert about Harvinder Singh Sandhu, a Babbar Khalsa terrorist who is currently in Pakistan, and Jaswinder Singh Multani, a top member of the SFJ and close associate of Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, residing in Germany, about their involvement in the Ludhiana blast.

India then arranged a diplomatic co-ordination and the German Police arrested Multani from Erfurt city for his role in the Ludhiana blast in Punjab and planning more terror attacks in New Delhi, among other cities in India.

A team of Indian officials will now head to Germany and question Multani.

"Multani used to coordinate with Pakistan-based pro-Khalistan groups to provide logistic support for terror activities," said a police officer.

A bomb blast had occurred at the Ludhiana court complex on December 23 that killed one and injured two others.