Prateek Tanmay
2 min readPanchkulaUpdated: Jul 12, 2026 05:22 AM IST
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against eight accused, including Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED blast in a car in parking rea of Baldev Nagar police station in Haryana’s Ambala this January.
The other seven accused are Indian nationals. The chargesheet filed before the Special NIA Court in Panchkula identifies them as Karamjit Singh alias Tony, Akash, Soureb alias Sobi alias Sourab, Raman Kumar, Satyam, Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha, Amarjeet Singh alias Ambi.
According to the NIA, the accused have been chargesheeted under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, and the Telecommunication Act, 2023.
In the chargesheet, the agency has “detailed the roles of the accused and the conspiracy orchestrated by Bhatti to attack Baldev Nagar police station with the aim to spread terror among the people by targeting police establishments.”
The NIA said Bhatti, wanted in other terrorist cases too, had “established operational modules in India, and assigned local operatives to arrange logistics and explosive substances for carrying out attacks at police establishments as part of the conspiracy.”
It identified Akash as Bhatti’s “principal India-based operative, responsible for coordinating the attacks with co-accused.”
According to the anti-terror agency, the Baldev Nagar police station was targeted following reconnaissance of potential targets. The agency said some of the accused had parked the car, packed with gas cylinders and explosive substances, in the police station premises and had videographed the scene “for dissemination and publicity.”
Story continues below this ad
The NIA further said its investigation revealed that Bhatti had “recruited and radicalised the accused through social media platforms and encrypted communication channels.” It also claimed to have established, through “various digital, electronic, documentary and forensic evidence”, that the accused had remained in touch with the handler during the planned attack.
The agency said its investigation in the case is continuing and has “uncovered a chain of recruitment, financing, operational coordination, procurement of explosive substances, and execution of the terrorist act by the accused on Bhatti’s directions.”
Stay updated with the latest – Click here to follow us on Instagram
