Chandigarh/Amritsar- In a significant breakthrough towards Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror community amidst the continued drive to make Punjab a secure and safe state as per instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Gurdaspur Police in joint operation with Counter Intelligence (CI) Wing Punjab has arrested 4 accused individuals in reference to the Gurdaspur Grenade assault case and recovered one P-86 hand grenade and two pistols from their possession.
These arrested have been recognized as Pradeep Kumar, a resident of Hoshiarpur; Gurdit, a resident of Gurdaspur; Naveen Chaudhary and Kush, each residents of Talwara in Hoshiarpur. The recovered pistols embody one Zigana and one .32 bore together with stay cartridges.
Deputy Inspector Basic of Police (DIG) Border Vary Sandeep Goel, whereas addressing a press convention mentioned that preliminary investigations have revealed that the grenade assault on the Gurdaspur Police Station was masterminded by Pakistan-based ISI-sponsored gangster Shahzad Bhatti and his affiliate Zeeshan Akhtar with help from their US-based handler Amandeep Singh alias Aman Pannu from Gurdaspur and went to USA through Donkey route.
He mentioned that probe has additionally revealed that Aman Pannu used to recruit foot troopers to execute terror assaults within the border state on the instructions of Shahzad Bhatti and Zeeshan Akhtar. It’s price mentioning that this module had carried out a grenade assault at Gurdaspur Metropolis Police at round 7.30 pm on on November 25, 2025.
Sharing operation particulars, the DIG mentioned that in an intelligence led operation, Police groups had arrested two suspects recognized as Pradeep and Gurdit, who’ve supplied monetary and logistics help to the accused individuals— Hargun, Vikas and Mohan— the module that had hurled the grenade at Police Station. Notably, two accused individuals Hargun and Vikas had been arrested by the Delhi Police.He mentioned that through the interrogation, arrested accused individuals Pradeep and Gurdit have revealed in regards to the function of Naveen Chaudhary and Kush, who had acquired two hand grenades despatched by Zeeshan Akhtar, of which they handed over one to the module that had hurled the grenade on Gurdaspur Police Station on the instructions of Shahzad Bhatti.
Preliminary investigation has additionally revealed that the duo had been planning one other grenade assault to create terror and disturb peace and concord of the state, mentioned the DIG, whereas including that with the restoration of remaining hand grenade the assault has been averted.Sharing extra particulars, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurdaspur Aditya mentioned that following the technical and intelligence leads, police groups have managed to find suspects Naveen Chaudhary and Kush close to village Jagatpur.
When stopped at Naka Bandi at village Jagatpur, each suspects opened hearth on the police occasion, he mentioned, whereas including that in self-defence, police groups retaliated leading to accidents to Naveen and Kush. Each the accused had been instantly shifted to native hospital for medical care and are presently below remedy, he added.The SSP mentioned that police groups have recovered hand grenade and two pistols from their possession, following which the scene was cordoned off, and the Bomb Disposal Group was known as to sanitise the realm and defuse the grenade.
On this regard, two separate circumstances— FIR no. 289 dated 26/11/2025 below sections 109, 324(4) and 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosives Substances Act Police Station Metropolis Gurdaspur and FIR no 130 dated 1/12/2025 below sections 109 and 111 of the BNS, part 25 of the Arms Act and sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosives Substances Act at Police Station Purana Shalla— have been registered.
