Punjab Terrorism Punjab: Radicalised militant held, two Chinese-made hand grenades seized
Chandigarh/Tarn Taran/UNI: With the arrest of a highly radicalised operative, linked with foreign-based terrorist entities, Punjab Police thwarted another possible terrorist attack in the border state.
The police have also recovered two live Chinese-made P-86 mark hand grenades from the possession of militant Saroop Singh of village Johal Dhai Wala in Tarn Taran, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said here on Tuesday.
The DGP said that Saroop Singh was apprehended by Tarn Taran Police on suspicion at a checkpoint on Amritsar-Harike road on Monday.
The development came at a time when the Punjab has been witnessing huge influx of Grenades and RDX laden tiffin boxes besides recovery of other arms and ammunition, signalling major attempts being made by terrorist leaders and anti-national elements based abroad to disturb peace and communal harmony in the border state.
It is pertinent to mention that on August 8, 2021, the Amritsar Rural police had recovered five hand grenades of similar mark alongwith tiffin bomb from village Daleke in Lopoke, while, the State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar on August 16, 2021, had recovered two hand grenades of same make and model (P-86), alongwith other weapons from Amritpal Singh and Shammi.
Similarly, the Kapurthala Police had also recovered a similar consignment consisting of two live hand grenades, one live tiffin bomb and other explosive material from the possession of Gurmukh Singh Brar and his associate from Phagwara on August 20, 2021.
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