Mohali, March 12 -- A special NIA court in Mohali on Monday awarded life imprisonment to six persons linked to the proscribed Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) to life imprisonment for smuggling explosives and arms through drones in Punjab for launching a terror attack in 2019.

NIA took over the case from Punjab Police in October 2019.

The court of Manjot Kaur, special judge, NIA, Mohali, awarded rigorous imprisonment (RI) for life to Akashdeep Singh, Balwant Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Balbir Singh, Maan Singh and Gurdev Singh, while accused Shubhdeep Singh, Sajanpreet Singh and Romandeep Singh have been sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment.

As per NIA investigations, the accused were involved in collecting, transporting and smuggling ...