CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, OCT 21 — Punjab Police on Tuesday claimed to have averted a major terror attack after arresting two alleged operatives and recovering a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) during an intelligence-based operation in Amritsar.
“Amritsar Rural Police, in close coordination with central agencies, apprehended two terror operatives — Mehakdeep Singh alias Mehak and Aditya alias Adhi — and recovered one rocket-propelled grenade (RPG),” Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav wrote on X.
According to the police, the accused were in contact with a Pakistan-based Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) handler who had sent them the weapon. They were also found linked to Harpreet Singh alias Vicky, currently lodged in Ferozepur Jail. “The RPG was intended for a targeted terror attack,” Yadav said.
An FIR has been filed at Gharinda police station in Amritsar. “Further investigation is underway to identify and dismantle the wider terror module,” the DGP said, adding that Punjab Police remains committed to countering cross-border terrorism and organised crime networks sponsored by Pakistan’s ISI.
The recovery marks the latest in a series of anti-terror and anti-smuggling operations along Punjab’s sensitive border belt. On October 18, Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) jointly recovered a packet of heroin weighing 602 grams from a field near Tindiwala village in Ferozepur district following a specific intelligence tip-off.
“Alert BSF troops, in coordination with Punjab Police, launched a search and recovered the heroin packet from the field,” the BSF spokesperson said.
During another operation, BSF troops recovered a large packet containing 3.6 kg of ICE drug from a farmland near Bhaini Rajputana village in Amritsar. “The packet, wrapped in yellow adhesive tape with a metal ring and illuminating strips attached, indicates a drone dropping,” the BSF Punjab Frontier’s public relations officer said in a statement.
A separate search near Roranwala Khurd village led to the recovery of a pistol, also wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, indicating the continued use of drones for cross-border smuggling of arms and narcotics.
