Khalistani Terrorist Happy Passia Likely To Be Extradited From US In Gurdaspur Grenade Attack Case

Last Updated:July 07, 2025, 10:44 IST

Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia, who was arrested in the US in April, is likely to be extradited to India in connection with the 2024 Gurdaspur police station grenade attack.

A file photo of Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia in US custody (CNN-News18)

Khalistani terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia is likely to be extradited to India as the central agencies have contacted the agencies in the United States for the same, sources told CNN-News18.

Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative Passia was arrested in the US on April 17, while a few others were charged in connection with the December 12,  2024, grenade attack on a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district.

At present, he is believed to be in the custody of US agencies in California’s Sacramento.

Sources also said the Punjab Police was in contact with the US agencies for Passia’s extradition.

2024 GURDASPUR GRENADE ATTACK

The terror attack on the Ghanie Ke Bangar police station in Batala, district Gurdaspur, in December 2024, was claimed on social media by BKI operatives Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia and Gurpreet alias Gopi.

Later, the National Investigation Agency filed a chargesheet against seven BKI terrorists under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosive Substances Act, as well as other related provisions, for their roles in the conspiracy and execution of the attack.

The NIA took over the case on March 23 this year.

During the investigation, the NIA found that at the behest of BKI operative Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, Happy Passia had recruited Abhijot Singh through his node, and Shamsher Singh alias Shera alias Honey in Armenia, to carry out the attack.

Abhijot was also arrested by the NIA in a separate case related to a targeted shooting in Sector 10, Chandigarh.

On his return from Armenia, Abhijot had engaged in picking up and dropping weapons and explosives at the direction of his foreign-based handlers.

He had expanded his gang by recruiting Kuljit Singh and other accused. Kuljit had picked up the grenade on December 9 for the attack on the police station.

No injuries were reported in the incident.

Earlier, Punjab’s Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Border Range, Satinder Singh said that after the attack at the police establishments, Batala Police launched a special operation to trace the perpetrators.

Based on technical and human-based intelligence, police teams, under the supervision of Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala, Suhail Qasim Mir, managed to track down all the accused and apprehend them, he added.

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