Man held for hurling bombs linked to BKI

GURUGRAM: A 27-year-old man arrested for hurling crude bombs outside a nightclub in Gurugram's Sector 29 market has been linked to the terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Canada-based terrorist Satwinder Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, according to police.

- Leena Dhankhar

The suspect, Sachin Taliyan, was apprehended early Tuesday morning as he hurled bombs near two clubs in the bustling entertainment complex.

Taliyan, a resident of Chhur village in Meerut, allegedly confessed to working for Goldy Brar, a known associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, according to the first information report (FIR) filed in the case accessed by HT.

Brar is a known associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who works to collect funds for BKI through extortion and acts of terror, according to police.

Taliyan has been remanded to seven days in police custody as investigations continue to uncover the full extent of the network. The attack is part of a new tactic by Brar and Bishnoi to instill fear and assert dominance in Gurugram and Chandigarh, according to the FIR.