ARRESTED ACCUSED WERE PLANNING TO CARRY OUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN REGION OF DIRECTIVES OF THEIR FOREIGN-BASED HANDLERS, ARRESTED ACCUSED MANI WAS ALSO WANTED IN ARMS ACT CASE REGISTERED IN 2025
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Amidst the heightened security in the state to ensure peaceful celebrations of Republic Day as mandated by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted an illegal arms-smuggling module with the arrest of three accused and recovered three foreign-made pistols from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
(MOREPIC1) Those arrested have been identified as Mani, a resident of Baghwanpur in Amritsar; Sehajpal Singh, a resident of village Vichhoa in Amritsar and Diljanpreet Singh, a resident of village Shehzada in Amritsar. The recovered pistols includes two 9MM pistols and one .30 bore pistol along with 15 live cartridges. Apart from this, police teams have also impounded their Splendor motorcycle bearing registration number PB02ET8857, which was being used to transport the illegal weapons.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were acting on the directions of foreign-based gangsters and allegedly planning to carry out a serious criminal activity.
Sharing operational details, he said that following reliable inputs about a wanted criminal Mani along with his associates are in possession of illegal weapons and are planning to carrying out criminal activity in the area, teams from CI Amritsar launched an intelligence-led operation and intercepted them when they were travelling on the Amritsar-Fatehgrah Churian Road towards Village Muradpura.
As per the information, arrested accused Mani was also wanted by the Punjab Police in the Arms Act case registered at Police Station SSOC Amritsar in October 2025 after recovery of illegal weapons.
The DGP said that further investigation is underway to trace the complete supply chain and identify backward and forward linkages, including possible cross-border connections, in this case.
In this regard, a case FIR no. 4 dated 23-01-2026 has been registered under sections 25 and 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act at Police Station State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar.——-
