Two days after a grenade attack on a house in Jatta village, the Amritsar Rural Police have arrested the mother of gangster-turned-terrorist Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rural Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal confirmed Bhupinder Kaur’s arrest in connection with the case.
On Thursday night, two motorcycle-borne assailants allegedly hurled two hand grenades at a house in Jatta village, leaving three family members injured.
Police suspect the attack, which also left the house and a car damaged, was executed at the behest of Passia over a personal rivalry with Jaspal Singh, the complainant.
DIG (Border Range) Harmanbir Singh Gill had said, “The family, which was targeted in the attack, has an old enmity with Happy Passia over the sarpanch elections. The family had an altercation with Passia’s sister during a fair three days ago. We have launched a probe and will trace the assailants and conspirators soon.”
The incident took place around 8.20 pm when the family was at home in Jatta village, located around 1.5 km from the India-Pakistan international border. The assailants allegedly hurled the grenades one after another—one in the verandah and the other in the courtyard near the main gate, where a car was parked.