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LUDHIANA: Suspected terrorist Balbir Singh Bhootna, who is suspected of links with Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and Babbar Khalsa International

(BKI) and was nabbed after a four-hour gunbattle at the Ludhiana railway station on Tuesday, had plans to kill Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Though the police remained tightlipped about his interrogation on Thursday, they arrested another suspected militant, Daljit Singh Bittu, for plotting to kill the DyCM.

Bittu was associated with Simranjit Singh Mann's SAD(A) but had later formed his own party - SAD (Panch Pardhani). Cops have also detained a number of people from Patiala, Bathinda, Moga and Malout, for suspected links with Bhootna. The person who was picked up from Malout is stated to have purchased a .32 bore revolver from the accused.

Bhootna is believed to have been involved in the recent murder of Lily Sharma, a Dera Sacha Sauda follower, in Mansa. His role in the murder of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat chief Rulda Singh, who had died in PGI after being shot at outside his residence in Patiala on July 28, is also being investigated by the police, sources added.