Amritsar: Police have arrested two suspects for alleged involvement in the murder of Italy-based NRI Malkit Singh at Raja Sansi in Amritsar and seized five sophisticated weapons from them.Amritsar SSP-rural Maninder Singh identified the accused as Bikramjit Singh alias Bikram of Dhariwal village and Karanbir Singh of Saisra Kalan village. Two foreign-made pistols of 45-calibre and .30-calibre, a .30 pistol, a .32 pistol, and a revolver were seized, along with 20 bullets, he said.The SSP said Bikramjit was associated with the terrorist organisation Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) and already faced cases of attempted murder and offences under Explosives Act and Arms Act. He was also involved in the 2018 grenade attack on a religious place at Raja Sansi, he said.Two unidentified men had shot Malkit Singh when he was sowing wheat with his father in his fields in Dhariwal village on the evening of Nov 1. He died in hospital. Preliminary investigation revealed that on the directions of his foreign handlers, Bikramjit procured illegal weapons from across the border to carry out sensational crimes in Punjab.On the basis of information given by Bikramjit, Karanbir was arrested from Adda near Kukranwala, the SSP said.
