Mastermind behind Ludhiana blast reportedly hiding in Pakistan

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According to Indian intelligence sources, the Ludhiana blast that killed one and injured many, was carried out by two Khalistani supporters—one based in Pakistan and the other in Germany.</p>
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Gangster Harvinder Singh Sandhu, also known as Rinda Sandhu, is reportedly under the protection of Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and various terror groups. Sandhu is associated with Babbar Khalsa International chief Wadhawa Singh, who is based in Lahore in Pakistan.</p>
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The ISI is using Sandhu and the Germany-based Jaswinder Singh Multani to carry out terror attacks in Punjab, according to a report in <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pak-based-khalistani-radical-is-the-real-face-of-ludhiana-blast-101640490898538.html"><em>The Hindustan Times</em></a>.<br />
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Sandhu, who is about 35 years old, is suspected to be in Pakistan after acquiring an Indian passport on a fake identity. He is also involved in large scale cross border smuggling of drugs and weapons.<br />
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A known gangster, he is wanted in Punjab, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Haryana and West Bengal in over 30 criminal cases.<br />
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Sandhu is wanted in at least 30 criminal cases–10 murders, 6 cases of attempt to murder, 7 cases of dacoities and snatching besides abductions, extortions and cases under the Arms Act and NDPS Act.<br />
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He was arrested for the first time after he killed a man in 2008 over personal enmity in Tarn Taran. In October 2014, he was released on bail from the Nabha jail. He also killed a granthi and disposed of his body in a canal in Gurdaspur in 2016 to avenge the killing of his brother. He killed two other men in Nanded and Wazirabad in Maharashtra.<br />
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In 2017, Sandhu escaped from a hotel but the police arrested his wife Harpreet Kaur and another couple. Sandhu appeared in an interview on the web news channel Pro Punjab on June 24, 2021.</p>