ARRESTED ACCUSED KARANDEEP YADAV HAD DELIVERED GRENADES AND WEAPONS RECOVERED FROM TARN TARAN IN JANUARY, SAYS DGP GAURAV YADAV, FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ON, MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED: CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR
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In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has busted a narco-terror module linked to the banned terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) with the arrest of three key operatives from Bihar while they were attempting to flee to Nepal, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.
Those arrested have been identified as Karandeep Yadav (21), Mukesh Kumar (29) and Sajan Singh (24), all residents of Khandwala Chheharta in Amritsar. Police teams have also recovered three mobile phones and 700 Nepali currency notes from their possession.
The development came following meticulous investigations and sustained follow-up of backward and forward linkages in the arrest of Joban Singh alias Joban and Gurbaksh Singh alias Lala after recovering 290 grams heroin from their possession.
(SUBHEAD)DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused were working on the directions of Pakistan-based BKI mastermind Harwinder Rinda.
He said that the probe has revealed that arrested accused Karandeep Yadav had delivered the grenades and weapons that were recovered from Tarn Taran in January this year.
As per the information, Tarn Taran Police had arrested four operatives identified as Robinjeet Singh alias Robin, Harpreet Singh alias Happy, Navjot Singh alias Nav and Jagdeep Singh alias Jagga, and recovered two Hand Grenades and a Pistol from their possession.
The DGP said that the arrested individuals, who were residing in Amritsar’s Khandwala and Chheharta areas, have been apprehended from the jurisdiction of Police Station Kumarkhand in Madehpur, Bihar when they were planning to flee to Nepal. The trio accused persons are being brought back to Punjab for further interrogation, he added.
Sharing operation details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on reliable inputs, an intelligence-led operation was launched under the supervision of DCP Investigation, ADCP City-2, and ACP West, with the lead taken by officers from Chheharta Police Station, Amritsar. As a result, the accused were successfully arrested from Bihar, he added.
The CP said that further investigations are ongoing to establish backward and forward linkages in this case, and more arrests and recoveries are expected in coming days.
In this regard, a case FIR no 42, dated March 7, 2025, has already been registered under section 21-C of the NDPS Act at Police Station Chheharta in Amritsar.
