Happy Passia orginaly known as Harpreet Singh from Passia village in Ajnala detained by the US security on Thursday. He has been the biggest headache for the Punjab police in recent months as he was the matermind behind the 16 targeted grenade attacks.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had also charge sheeted Passia along with his partner Harvinder Singh Rinda in several terror incidents, including the 2024 Chandigarh grenade attack case.
In September 2024, Passia orchestrated a grenade attack on a house in Sector 10, Chandigarh, targeting former Jalandhar SP Jaskirat Singh Chahal and his family. Investigations revealed that the attack was coordinated from the US through operatives under his command.
He is suspected of involvement in the murder of famous Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022, highlighting the nexus between Punjab gangs and international terror networks.
Many times he took social media platforms to boast about his involvement in attacks openly challenging the authorities.
his illegal entry into the US in 2021 through a human trafficking network allowed him to orchestrate activities from abroad. This posed significant hurdles for Punjab Police, who struggled to counter-act his international reach.