— ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS WERE PLANNING TARGETED KILLINGS TO CREATE PANIC AND COMMUNAL DISTURBANCE IN THE STATE: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— FURTHER INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY TO EXPOSE AND DISMANTLE THE ENTIRE NETWORK: AIG SSOC ASR SUKHMINDER MANN
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, November 11:
Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar in a joint operation with Counter Intelligence (CI), Pathankot arrested two more individuals associated with a gangster-terror module operating across multiple districts of the state and recovered one sophisticated 9MM Glock pistol along with three magazines and five live cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Harpreet Singh, a resident of Baupur Afgana in Gurdaspur and Navpreet Singh, a resident of village Machhiwal in Amritsar.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed the accused were working at the behest of their UK-based handler, who had arranged the weapon and had tasked them to conduct recce of specific targets in Gurdaspur, Batala and Amritsar area. Arrested accused persons were planning targeted killings to create panic and communal disturbance in the state, he said.
The DGP said that earlier, two members of the same module were arrested and a hand grenade and pistol were recovered from them. The fresh arrests have been made during the probe of the same case, he added.
Sharing operational details, AIG SSOC Sukhminder Singh Mann said that building on the leads obtained from the previous operation, SSOC Amritsar and CI Pathankot undertook a meticulous probe to uncover the extent of the network’s activities, which led to the identification and arrest of two more individuals connected with the same module.
The AIG said that further investigation is underway to expose and dismantle the entire network, including its backward and forward linkages. More arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 48 dated 30.08.2025 had been registered under section 25 Arms Act, section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosives Act at Police Station SSOC Amritsar.
