Amritsar : In a serious crackdown on organized crime, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Jalandhar has efficiently dismantled an inter-state unlawful weapons provide module, arresting two key operatives from Uttar Pradesh and recovering a big cache of arms. The operation comes as a part of the state’s intensified drive to make sure public security underneath the management of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.
Director Common of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Thursday confirmed the arrest of two accused—Dalesh Kumar alias Saurav Kumar alias Nannu from Aligarh and Amit Chahar from Agra. Police groups apprehended the duo from Mathura following sustained surveillance and intelligence inputs.
Through the operation, police recovered 5 7.65 MM country-made pistols together with 10 magazines from a Grand Vitara automobile linked to the accused. Additional investigation primarily based on the disclosure of the principle accused led to the restoration of one other 5 pistols and 10 magazines from the Mathura–Palwal Freeway, taking the overall seizure to 10 pistols and 20 magazines.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused had been appearing on the instructions of foreign-based handlers working from Germany and the USA. These handlers had been allegedly coordinating the availability of unlawful weapons to legal gangs in Punjab, highlighting a deep-rooted worldwide nexus.
The probe has additionally uncovered the involvement of the accused in an extortion-related firing incident at a journey agent’s residence in Garhshankar. The act was reportedly carried out underneath directions from their abroad handlers, indicating their lively function in violent legal actions past arms smuggling.
Notably, this growth follows the latest arrest of two operatives linked to Babbar Khalsa Worldwide (BKI), who had been concerned in putting explosives close to Balachaur. One of many recovered IEDs was later utilized in a blast at Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh, elevating severe safety considerations.
A case has already been registered underneath FIR No. 11 dated February 23, 2026, at Police Station SSOC Amritsar underneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act. Additional investigations are underway to hint the broader community and potential hyperlinks throughout states and overseas.
