Ludhiana: The investigating agencies probing the Ludhiana court complex blast incident recovered seven mobile phones, a few of them used by the accused, from the city’s central jail, police sources said on Wednesday.
The phones have been sent to forensic lab for further examination, they said.
Dismissed Punjab Police cop Gagandeep Singh was killed in the blast on December 23. Six others were injured in the incident.
According to the police, Gagandeep had gone to the washroom in the court complex to assemble the bomb to plant it somewhere.
Gagandeep, who was dismissed from service in 2019, had spent two years in the Ludhiana jail in a drug-related case.
Gagandeep along with two others — Ranjit Singh and Sukhwinder Singh—who were also lodged in the same jail allegedly used these phones, the sources said.
Ranjit and Sukhwinder had been brought on production warrants for questioning, they said.
It has been found during investigation that some international calls had also been made from these mobile phones. Two of these phones were largely used by Gagandeep during his stay in the jail, said police sources.
Gagandeep had come out on bail in September.
According to CCTV footage procured from cameras installed at Ludhiana bus stand and roadside, Gagandeep had used a bus to reach Ludhiana from Khanna on December 23.
The investigating agencies have also questioned Gagandeep’s wife. They also questioned his girlfriend, serving in the police. Gagandeep had stayed with her in a hotel before proceeding to Ludhiana.
The police are also questioning Gagandeep’s friends in the police department whom he used to frequently meet after his dismissal from the service.
—PTI

Press Trust of India