Overview
- Teams from the State Special Operations Cell, Patiala Police, and Counter-Intelligence Pathankot arrested Gurjinder Singh, also known as Baba Beant, on Saturday.
- Investigators say technical verification shows Gurjinder and Jagroop Singh carried out the April 27 Shambhu blast, where Jagroop died in a failed detonation.
- Police say interrogation and digital footprints link the same group to the Sirhind freight-track blast in January and a grenade attack on the Crime Investigation Agency office in Moga last year.
- Authorities describe the cell as a pro-Khalistan module directed by foreign-based handlers, with alleged links to Pakistan’s ISI under investigation.
- Four suspected members were earlier detained with weapons and explosives seized, signaling an effort to sabotage a freight-only rail corridor used to move goods across Punjab.