New Delhi, July 11, 2026
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against eight accused, including Pakistani gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED car bomb blast in the parking area of Ambala’s Baldev Nagar police station in January this year, an official said.
Bhatti, wanted in other terrorist cases too, and seven arrested Indian nationals have been chargesheeted under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, BNS 2023, the Explosive Substances Act 1908, and the Telecommunication Act 2023.
Besides the Pak national and handler Bhatti, other chargesheeted accused have been identified as Karamjit Singh @ Tony, Akash, Soureb @ Sobi @ Sourab, Raman Kumar, Satyam, Sukhdev Singh @ Sukha, Amarjeet Singh @ Ambi, the NIA said in a statement.
In the chargesheet filed before the Special NIA Court in Panchkula (Haryana), the anti-terror agency has detailed the roles of the accused and the conspiracy orchestrated by Bhatti to attack Police Station Baldev Nagar in Ambala (Haryana) to spread terror among the people by targeting police establishments.
The Pakistani terrorist 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, as per NIA’s findings.
Akash was Bhatti’s principal India-based operative, responsible for coordinating the attacks with the co-accused, the NIA said.
The Baldev Nagar police station was targeted following reconnaissance of potential targets, the NIA found during investigation. Some of the accused had parked the car, packed with gas cylinders and explosive substances, in the police station premises and even videographed the scene for dissemination and publicity, said the statement.
The NIA investigation further revealed that Bhatti had recruited and radicalised the accused through social media platforms and encrypted communication channels. It also established, through various digital, electronic, documentary and forensic evidence, that the accused had remained in touch with the handler during the planned attack.
The NIA, which continues with its investigation in the case RC-03/2026/NIA/DLI, 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, said the statement.(Agency)
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