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March 23, 2025

Maninder handed over arms and ammunition to Rohit Basra from whom the accused procured it. GURMEET SINGH, Jalandhar rural SSP

- HT Correspondent

JALANDHAR: Two persons, including a son of a serving police official, have been arrested allegedly for providing logistic support to those who hurled a grenade at the house of a Jalandhar-based YouTuber, the rural police said on Saturday. With this, six persons have been arrested in the case so far.

The accused have been identified as Rohit Basra, whose father is an assistance sub-inspector, and Maninder Singh, alias Bobby, of Alichak village of Jalandhar district. Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh said both the accused provided key logistics to main accused Hardik Kamboj and Amritpreet Singh, who hurled the explosive at the house of YouTuber Rozer Sandhu on March 16.

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