Punjab Police Foils Grenade Attack, Arrests 10 Pak-Backed Terrorists, Seizes Weapons and Drone

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR(The Uttam Hindu):  Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state, Commissionerate Police (CP) Amritsar has successfully averted a possible grenade attack on a police establishment in Batala area with the arrest of 10 persons including four key operatives of cross-border terror module being operated by Pak-based Harvinder Rinda and foreign-based Happy Passian, Jeevan Fauji and Jashanpreet Singh alias Lal, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.

The four arrested key operatives have been identified as Arjanpreet Singh of Awan Ramdas in Amritsar, Lovepreet Singh alias Love of Perhewal in Amritsar, Basant Singh and Amanpreet Singh alias Aman, both residents of Baba Bakala Sahib in Amritsar. While, the six handlers, who were involved in providing logistic support, have been identified as Barinderpal Singh alias Mani and Rajbir Singh alias Raju, both residents of Katle in Amritsar; Vishvas Masih alias Bhabbo of Bhaganpura in Amritsar; Dilpreet Singh alias Manna, Harjot Kumar alias Mithu and Joyal Masih alias Rohan alias Nony, trio residents of Dera Baba Nanak in Batala.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that police teams have also recovered three pistols— including two .30 bore and one .32 bore, one hand grenade and one drone from their possession. Further investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he added.

Sharing more details, CP Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on credible inputs about the module’s activities, Amritsar Commissionerate has launched an intel-based operation and arrested all the accused persons from different areas including Ramdas area of Amritsar Rural, Batala and Amritsar City. Recoveries were effected from village Khana Chamara in Dera Baba Nanak, Village Awaan in Ramdas and Vallah area of Amritsar city, he added.

The CP said that with arrest of accused persons Basant Singh and Amanpreet Singh alias Aman, Amristar Commissionerate Police has also solved the case of an attack on a police officer’s residence in Batala, which took place on November 28, 2024. He said that police teams have also identified another main operative of this module and police teams are on manhunt to apprehend him. A case FIR No. 191 dated 03.12.2024 has been registered under sections 111(1), 111(2), 111(3), 111(4), 249 and 253 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and sections 25(6) and 25(7) of the Arms Act at Police Station Cantonment, Amritsar.