Overview
- In Hoshiarpur, a joint police–counter intelligence operation arrested four suspects in Garhshankar and recovered an RDX-based IED of about 2.5 kg along with two pistols and live cartridges.
- SSOC Amritsar detained BKI operative Sharanpreet Singh and seized a P86 hand grenade, a 9 mm Glock pistol, ammunition and 65 grams of methamphetamine, which police say thwarted a planned strike on a security site.
- FIRs were filed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act and NDPS provisions, and investigators are mapping funding channels, handlers and smuggling routes.
- Punjab’s DGP said the modules were run by US-based BKI operatives, with asserted Pakistan ISI-backed links under probe.
- In a separate move on Saturday, Counter Intelligence Amritsar arrested three men in an arms-smuggling case and seized three foreign-made pistols with 15 rounds as teams work to trace the supply chain and any cross-border connections.