Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 1 (ANI): In a significant development aligned with ongoing efforts to enhance safety and security in Punjab, as directed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Counter Intelligence (CI) unit in Amritsar has successfully thwarted a potential terrorist attack.
This was achieved through the apprehension of an individual linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, during which a hand grenade was also recovered, as shared by Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, on Tuesday.
According to a release issued, the arrested suspect has been identified as Jaiveer Tyagi, alias Jawed, a native of Baroli village in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP), currently residing in Ludhiana.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the CI Amritsar team received intelligence revealing that an abroad-based individual, identified as Sehlam, who is working for Pakistan’s ISI, along with his cousin, Jaiveer Tyagi, had been hatching a conspiracy to target government infrastructure through terror attacks in various cities to disturb peace and harmony in the state.
The intelligence further indicated that Jaiveer Tyagi had retrieved a consignment of a hand grenade in the Amritsar area and was waiting for his accomplices near Tara Wala Pul in Amritsar to commit a major crime. Acting swiftly on credible inputs, police teams from CI Amritsar launched an intelligence-led operation and apprehended Jaiveer Tyagi, recovering one hand grenade from his possession, the DGP added.
The DGP said further investigations revealed that Jaiveer had been residing in Ludhiana for the past 14-15 years and was in contact with Sehlam through encrypted messaging apps. The probe also showed that, on Sehlam’s instructions, Jaiveer had procured the grenade. Investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he noted.
A case has been registered under Section 25 of the Arms Act, Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, and Sections 61(2) and 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Police Station State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) in Amritsar. (ANI)
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