The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has filed a chargesheet against nine people in connection with last year’s grenade attack on a police station in Sirsa, Haryana.
Among the persons named in the chargesheet filed before the Panchkula Special Court in Panchkula are Pakistani nationals and dealers – Shahzad Bhatti and Sohail Ahmed alias Sohail Baloch; Indian nationals – Dhiraj alias Dhiru, Vikas alias Vicky, Sandeep alias Daimar, Vikas, Sushil alias Seelu, Mohammed Sejan alias Sejan alias Ghazi and Gurjant Singh were arrested.
Some people carried out a grenade attack on a women’s police station in Sirsa on November 25, 2025, which, according to the NIA, was part of a conspiracy hatched by Pakistani gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti to create terror among people by targeting police institutions and their staff in India.
Shahzad Bhatti has emerged as a key figure in several investigations into terrorist attacks, organized crimes and youth radicalization in India over the past few years.
According to Indian security officials, the Pakistan-based terrorist gangster has the support of the ISI and is the kingpin of narco-terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. He is said to have created a group called the Hindustan Taliban (TTH) and has become very active recently, running operations across the border.
The NIA said on Tuesday that Bhatti and Sohail Baloch “recruited and radicalized the (Indian) accused through social media platforms and encrypted communication channels.”
“As part of the plot, operational units were established in India and local agents were assigned to carry out grenade attacks on police institutions,” the agency said in a statement.
Dheeraj, also known as Dhiru, according to the NIA, was the India-based lead operative responsible for coordinating the attacks with local units. “After reconnaissance of potential targets, the accused chose the women’s police station in Sirsa to carry out the attack. The accused traveled to Amritsar to purchase the grenade used in the attack from Gurjant (Singh),” the statement said.
The Federal Anti-Terrorism Investigation Agency said the accused also recorded the attack on a mobile phone for publication and propaganda.
“The accused remained in touch with the Pakistani handlers after the attack. The investigation revealed a series of recruitment, financing, operational coordination, procurement of explosive materials and execution of terrorist act by the accused acting on the directions of the handler residing in Pakistan,” the NIA said.
