Overview
- Police arrested two men Thursday in the case — Zirakpur taxi driver Umar Deen and Uttar Pradesh resident Anil Kumar — after a multi-agency search tied them to the Jalandhar blast.
- Investigators say Deen planted an IED outside the BSF gate and Anil came to film the detonation, with evidence pointing to a SIM-based remote trigger.
- The probe is examining alleged direction from Pakistan-based operative Shahzad Bhatti, and more than 200 people have been detained across Punjab and Haryana for questioning about cross-border links.
- The banned Khalistan Liberation Army claimed the attack online as revenge for militant Ranjit Singh’s killing, a claim police say remains unverified.
- No one was hurt in the May 5 explosions in Jalandhar and near Amritsar, and police filed terrorism and explosives cases under UAPA and the new criminal code as teams hunt the explosives supplier near the border.