Overview
- State Special Operation Cell and Counter Intelligence Ludhiana arrested two Ludhiana-based men accused of plotting a shooting on directions from foreign handlers and seized a 9 mm pistol with five cartridges.
- Police say the duo conducted reconnaissance of government and prominent offices in Ludhiana and were in contact with handlers linked to the Khalistan Commando Force in the UK and Germany.
- An FIR was registered at the SSOC police station in SAS Nagar, and investigators are pursuing forward and backward linkages as part of an ongoing probe.
- A day earlier, Counter Intelligence Bathinda and district police detained three alleged associates of the Arsh Dalla gang in Bathinda and recovered four pistols, four magazines and 26 cartridges, along with an unregistered car.
- The Bathinda accused were identified as Kuldeep Singh, Gurwinder Singh and Gagandeep Singh, with police saying Kuldeep had recently arrived from Canada and that interrogation points to inter-gang rivalry; a separate Arms Act case was filed and the anti-gangster helpline was activated.