The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday, January 16,2024, filed a chargesheet against five persons, including “designated individual terrorist” Lakhbir Singh Rode, in a case related to cross-border smuggling of arms into Punjab via drones.
Among those arraigned are accused Ranjot, Taranjot Singh alias Tanna, and Gurjit Singh of Gurdaspur in Punjab, besides Rehmat Ali, an alleged Pakistan-based smuggler.
The case pertains to the seizure of five Glock pistols, 10 magazines and live cartridges from a cremation ground in Bagtana Boharwala village of Batala’s Dera Baba Nanak, located in the border area of Punjab, on March 24, 2023.
