Three men accused of hurling a petrol bomb at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Sangrur were produced on Friday, November 13, before a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali, Sangrur police said. The three are currently lodged in Sangrur jail and were taken to Mohali for the hearing.

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Sangrur Deputy Superintendent of Police Dalbir Singh confirmed that the three accused — Jaspreet Singh, Happy Singh and Shahnawaz Khan — would be transported to Mohali for their appearance before the special court, which hears cases investigated by the NIA.

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Who the accused are

Happy Singh, 22, is a resident of Bhamabaddi village and worked as an e-commerce delivery worker. Jaspreet Singh, 26, is a carpenter from Mastuana Sahib village. Police have not released further personal details of the third accused, Shahnawaz Khan. Mirror Now also reported that further investigation led to the subsequent arrest of Shahnawaz Khan from Delhi and of Karanbir from Ajnala.

The July 26 attack in Sangrur

In the early hours of July 26, two men approached the BJP office on Upli Road in Sangrur on foot from the direction of Uppli village and hurled a crude incendiary device at the premises at about 3 am. The device was a beer bottle filled with petrol, police said. Police reached the spot soon after, cordoned off the area and called in a forensic team, which collected pieces of the bottle for examination, and officers scanned CCTV footage from the BJP office and nearby areas. Reports of the incident mention no injuries.

The initial complaint was filed by Maninder Singh Kapial, the former district president of the BJP. Local police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Explosive Substances Act, and provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act were later added.

How the NIA took over the case

The production before the NIA court is the first major court step in the case since the Union Ministry of Home Affairs directed the NIA to take over the investigation in late October. The agency has registered the case as RC-35/2026/NIA/DLI and an NIA team visited the BJP office in Sangrur on October 26. A local police officer had described the case as one with international ramifications. The NIA is also probing two grenade blasts at BJP premises in Punjab earlier this year, according to reports of the takeover.

What police allege — and what happens next

Police allege the attack was orchestrated by a foreign-based handler known as Rana Bhai, who directed the men through social media, and allege the handler transferred Rs 2,200 to the suspects in two separate transactions to facilitate the operation. These are allegations in an ongoing investigation. They have not been tested in court, and the three men remain accused, not convicted. Friday's production before the NIA court in Mohali will set the course of the case, including whether the agency seeks their custody for further questioning.