New Delhi: A gangster, who is suspected to be on the payroll of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in terror activities, Sukhmeet Pal Singh alias Sukh Bhikhariwal was arrested on Thursday for conspiring in the killing of Shaurya Chakra awardee, following his deportation from Dubai, Indian intelligence agency said.
He was wanted by the Indian law enforcement agencies -- the Punjab Police and Delhi Police -- for his involvement in the alleged killing of a 62-year-old Shaurya Chakra awardee, 'Comrade' Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a former CPI(M) member, who had taken on militants at the height of the insurgency in Punjab in the 1990s. Sandhu was gunned down in his home in Tarn Taran's Bhikhiwind by two unidentified bikers on October 16.
Soon after he landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, the country's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) handed over the custody of Bhikhariwal to the Special Cell of Delhi Police, also known as anti-terror unit.
Special Cell had claimed that Bhikhariwal ordered killing of Singh at the behest of Pakistan based Inter-Services Intelligence. However, Punjab Police have not yet confirmed so.
The name of Bhikhariwal surfaced after Special Cell arrested five people following a brief exchange of fire in East Delhi's Shakarpur on December 7. While two are from Punjab, three belong to Kashmir.
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