Chandigarh/Amritsar- State Particular Operation Cell (SSOC) Amritsar has apprehended an operative of a terror community and recovered two Improvised Explosive Gadgets (IEDs), weighing round 2.5 kg every, full of high-grade RDX and outfitted with timers for detonation, and one subtle .30 bore pistol together with ammunition from his possession, mentioned DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Saturday.
The arrested accused has been recognized as Manpreet Singh alias Tiddi, a resident of village Kotla Tarkhana in Amritsar. The arrested accused has a legal historical past, being beforehand concerned in two legal circumstances registered in police stations Sadar Batala and Kalanaur. After spending round one and a half years in Gurdaspur and Amritsar jails, he was launched in February 2025 and subsequently resumed his legal actions.
DGP mentioned that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused was engaged on the instructions of his handlers based mostly in Armenia, United Kingdom (UK) and Germany, who’re additional receiving directions from a Pakistan-based mastermind of a banned terrorist organisation. Additional investigation is underway to ascertain ahead and backward linkages on this case to dismantle your complete community, he mentioned.
Sharing operational particulars, AIG SSOC Amritsar Sukhminder Singh Mann mentioned that performing swiftly on a selected intelligence enter, the group of SSOC Amritsar arrested suspect Manpreet Singh alias Tiddi and recovered a pistol of 30 bore together with ammunition from his possession. Following his disclosure, two IEDs, packed in metallic containers with high-grade RDX and outfitted with timers for detonation, are additionally recovered from the realm of village Kotla Tarkhana, he mentioned.
The AIG mentioned that probe additional indicated that round two weeks again, the Pak-based handler facilitated a drone-dropping of the seized consignment in Ajnala Sector, which was retrieved by the arrested individual and additional hid by him close to a canal near his village Kotla Tarkhana. His handlers had instructed him to stay on standby and await additional orders handy over the IEDs to a different contact for meant use, he added.
On this regard, a case FIR No. 63 dated 25.10.2025 has been registered underneath sections 25 of the Arms Act, sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, and sections 111 and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station SSOC Amritsar.
