Overview
- The agency, which filed a supplementary chargesheet Thursday, named Pakistan-based gangster Shehzad Bhatti as absconding and listed local aide Dipander Pratap Singh as arrested.
- Investigators say Bhatti directed the strike through encrypted messaging as part of a wider network involved in targeted killings, recruitment, and arms smuggling.
- Ten suspects are in custody so far, while seven others, including Bhatti, remain at large as the search continues.
- The NIA, India’s federal counterterror agency, charged the case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023.
- The attack hit Roger Sandhu’s home on March 16, 2025, and the case moved from Punjab Police to the NIA in December 2025 as cross-border links emerged.