TARN TARAN: The police claimed to have thwarted the possibility of an attack after the arrest of one Saroop Singh and the recovery of 2 P-86 hand grenades made in China directly from his ownership on Monday.
Singh, a resident of Johal Dhai Wala Village in Tarn Taran District, was arrested from the checkpoint at Amritsar-Harisikan Road.
In an official statement released on Tuesday, the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta told that during the initial investigation, Saroop Singh has revealed that he has come into contact with foreign-based terror handlers for social media cultivated and motivated to do terror and motivated To do terror and motivated to do terror.
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Saroop further revealed that his overseas handlers have arranged the consignment of 2 hand grenades for him, said the DGP added that Saroop had reset several sensitive targets in Amritsar and Ludhiana.
“The training video sent by a foreign handler that explained how successfully exploded, hand grenades had also recovered from the defendant’s cellphone”, he said.
A FIR has been listed under 3, 4 and 5 of the explosives (amendments) of the law at the Tarn Taran City Police Station on August 30.
Especially on August 8 Police Amritsar (rural) has recovered five hand grenades with tiffin bombs from Dalek Village in Lopoke, while state-specific operation cells, AMRITSAR on August 16, has recovered two hand grenades from Make and the same model (P-86) , along with other weapons from Amritpal Singh and Shammi.
Punjab: One captured with 2 P-86 hand grenades made in China in Tarn Taran
