CHANDIGARH/PATHANKOT: In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Pathankot has foiled a foreign-based targeted killing plot with the arrest of its two operatives and recovered two sophisticated .30 bore pistols along with 10 live cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
Those arrested have been identified as Ravinder Singh alias Dhillon, a resident of Dhilwan in Batala and Jashanpreet Singh, a resident of village Bal in Gurdaspur. Apart from recovering pistols, police teams have also impounded their brand-new Splendor motorcycle, which was without a registration number.
Sharing operational details, AIG CI Pathankot Sukhminder Singh Mann said that there was a specific input that two motorcycle-borne persons were in possession of weapons and they were further moving from Gurdaspur to Batala to execute a target killing.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 57 dated 10.09.2026 under section 25 of the Arms Act and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at Police Station State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar.
