Army jawan held for training man who hurled grenade at YouTuber's residence

An army jawan has been arrested for allegedly training the accused who lobbed a hand grenade at the residence of a Jalandhar-based YouTuber on March 16, Punjab Police said on Thursday.

- Navrajdeep Singh

JALANDHAR:

The accused has been identified as Sukhcharan Singh, 30, a resident of Muktsar, who had been recruited in the Army in 2015, and deployed with the 3rd Sikh Light Infantry in Jammu & Kashmir.

Jalandhar rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harvinder Singh Virk said that Sukhcharan's name had surfaced during the interrogation of the main accused, Hardik Kamboj, who hurled the grenade at YouTuber Rozer Sandhu's residence.

Though no casualties or damage to property were reported in the incident as the grenade did not explode, nine persons have so far been arrested in this case. Sukhcharan has also been nominated in the case.

A court in Jalandhar sent the Army jawan to a five-day police remand.