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Punjab: Man accused of Grenade attack suffers injuries in police encounter

Jalandhar, Mar 18 (UNI) A man accused of carrying out a grenade attack on a house in Raipur Rasulpur Panchayat in Jalandhar, Punjab was injured in an encounter with the police on Tuesday.
Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that based on reliable intelligence, Jalandhar Rural Police had arrested Hardik Kamboj, the prime accused in the attack on YouTuber Navdeep Singh alias Roger Sandhu, from Yamuna Nagar in Haryana yesterday.
The accused tried to escape during a recovery operation at Maqsudan police station and opened fire on the police party. The police fired back in self-defence, which resulted in leg injury of the accused. He was immediately provided medical aid and shifted to Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. Police have recovered a .32 bore pistol and six live cartridges from the spot.
Senior Superintendent of Police Gurmeet Singh said that on March 16, a grenade was thrown by unidentified person at the house of youth Roger Sandhu in Jalandhar but the grenade did not explode. He said that police teams were formed to investigate the matter During the investigation, Hardik Kamboj, a resident of village Vehta in Yamunanagar, was identified as the accused behind the attack.
Singh said that the police had arrested Kamboj from village Vehta on Monday. He further said that the police party had taken Kamboj to recover the weapon where the accused opened fire on the police party.
“Kamboj got injured when the police fired in retaliation in self-defense. He has been admitted to the hospital for treatment,” he said.
Singh said that Kamboj was in contact with Pakistan-based YouTuber Shahzad Bhatti and he was given Rs 25,000 to throw the grenade. Shahzad Bhatti and Roger Sandhu were in contact with each other as YouTubers and also played online games on mobile. There was a dispute between the two over something. Due to which Bhatti attacked Sandhu's house with a grenade.
The police is investigating the matter.
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