Punjab police thwarts possible terror attack, 2 arrested in Tarn Taran with IED packed with RDX
India Today
The Punjab Police on Sunday thwarted a possible terror attack and arrested two men in a village in Tarn Taran district with an explosive device packed with RDX .
Punjab Police helped avert a possible terror attack on Sunday and arrested two men in a village in Tarn Taran district. The police recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) equipped with RDX packed in a metallic box weighing over 2.5 kg from the two arrested. The IED was equipped with a timer, detonator, battery and shrapnels.
The two arrested have been identified as Baljinder Singh alias Bindu (22), and Jagtar Singh alias Jagga (40). Both are from Amritsar. The police have also recovered a Bajaj Platina motorcycle and two mobile phones from their possession. Bindu worked as a nursing assistant in a private hospital in Ajnala, while Jagga worked as a labourer. Both admitted that they carried out the activity for money and drugs.
The development came three days after four men were arrested by the Haryana police in Haryana's Karnal with three IEDs and one pistol.
Additional Director General of Police (Internal Security) R N Dhoke said that the Tarn Taran Police had received information that Bindu and Jagga were roaming in the Naushehra Pannuan area carrying explosives. They were planning to carry out a blast to spread terror among people in the area.
Acting promptly, Tarn Taran Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranjit Singh sent police teams to conduct raids in the area and both the accused were arrested with an IED in a metallic box when they were going on a motorcycle after retrieving it from the abandoned place, he said.
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SSP Ranjit Singh said that initial investigation reveals that the accused persons had gone to retrieve the IED on the instructions of their accomplice identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Joban, a resident of Awan Vasau in Ajnala. Jobanjit is already facing criminal cases under the NDPS act and has been declared a Proclaimed Offender (PO), he said.
