The NIA today said it had arrested Vikas Singh, a key aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who had allegedly harboured the executors of the RPG attack on Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters last year.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) alleged that Vikas Singh, a resident of Lucknow, had provided shelter to Deepak Surakhpur and Divyanshu of Faizabad, who had executed the RPG attack in Mohali in May 2022.
“Vikas has revealed that he had given shelter to Surakhpur and Divyanshu at his home in Devgarh village of Ayodhya and at his flat in Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, many times,” the agency said, adding that the accused was facing 10 criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder and under the Arms Act and the Gangsters Act.
The NIA said, “Investigations have revealed that Surakhpur was introduced to Vikas by Vicky Midhukhera, another associate and friend of Bishnoi. Vikas had connected Divyanshu, already known to him, to the Bishnoi syndicate.”