Ludhiana blast suspect was sacked cop, tattoo helped identify his body

Saturday, 25 December 2021newsdesk

Based on a tattoo and a mobile phone, the body recovered from the blast site at the Ludhiana district court has been identified as that of a former Punjab Police Head Constable who was sacked in 2019 after being booked in a case of alleged drug smuggling, a senior police officer told The Indian Express. The hearing in his case was scheduled on Friday.

New Delhi, 25 December 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, He has been identified as Gagandeep Singh (30), a resident of Lalheri road in Khanna, the officer said. “He was dismissed from service after his arrest in August 2019 and spent two years in jail before being bailed out in September this year,” said another senior officer from Khanna. The hearing in the case was scheduled on Friday in the court of Ludhiana Additional Sessions Judge Shatin Goyal. Police are probing why he visited the court a day before the hearing.

Source - The Indian Express