NEW DELHE: The Home Ministry has sounded a nationwide alert for three Punjabi’s, who are reported to have volunteered to act as “suicide bombers” along with the one speculated to have killed Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
Sources in the Home Ministry disclosed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team investigating the Beant Singh assassination case discovered during interrogation of suspects that four had volunicered to ‘act as “suicide bomber,” While one of them was used for killing Beant Singh, the others are yet to be arrested. They may try to attack other targets in their determined cf. fort to revive militancy in Punjab, sources said Among the VVIP targets, sources said, could be President Shankar Dayal Sharma, (P.M) P.V, Narasimha Rao, Haryana (C.M.) Bhajan Lal, Punjab (D.GP.) K.PS, Gill, Union Surface Transport Minister Jagdish Tyler, Cong. leaders H.K.L.Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar, as well as the President’s son-in-law Sham Sune Sharma and his cousin Vinod Sham Another significant revelation is 1 the CBI is not certain about the identity of the suspect used as the suicide bomber. Earlier, he was identified as Dilw Singh, a discharged Special Police Officer from the Punjab Police not basis of a statement of his father, was summoned to recognize the boc.
But after sustained interrogation suspects, the CBI found that the suspected suicide bomber could Balwant Singh, a police constable the Punjab Police, sources said. Balwant Singh, one of the four stcide volunteers, is yet to be trace During raids at Balwant Singh’s residence, the CBI team seized a dia carrying motorcade plans of to Punjab Chief Minister,a sketch of Chandigarh secretariat, pads of Ba bar Khalsa and a couplet, the han writing of which matched the note le in the abandoned Ambassador carne the incident site, sources said. The interrogation so far is short several pieces of evidence that help in reconstructing the conspiracy hatched to kill Beant Singh. Butitw found that five persons, identified Gurmit Singh, Lakhminder Sing Balwant Singh, Dilwar Singh are Rajan alias Jagtar Singh Hawara he met at Gurmit Singh’s house on two occasions when the conspiracy we hatched, sources said.
There was also a second ring ¢ conspirators, which provided their explosives, information about the Chief Minister’s movement ar. money to carry out the operation sources said.
So far, only Gurmit Singh an Lakhminder Singh have been arrests From the latter’s house, the CBI di covered a hand written note saying want death first Punjab CM and the you know. “
Article extracted from this publication >> September 22, 1995
