NIA took over the Chandigarh jail bomb case after the police established the involvement of Jaswinder Singh Multani, a member of banned pro-Khalistan outfit SFJ in the case.
According to a study by Education Week, which has tracked such shootings since 2018, 119 such mass shootings at schools have been reported in the last three years. The Robb Elementary School shooting at Uvalde was the 27th such shooting incident of this year.
The killings came on the day when students were preparing to start summer break this week. The teacher killed has been named in US media as Eva Mireles, who has a daughter in college.
Upon getting wind of the impending danger, the neighbors of the female medical worker made safety arrangements for her. Reports mention that Islamists created ruckus in the area after they could not locate Jatau to kill.