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New Threat Emails Intensify Security Standoff at the Golden Temple

Punjab’s forensic teams comb seized devices for clues to fresh threats, SGPC leaders rejecting calls for central forces at the shrine.

A Punjab Police SWAT team keeps vigil at Heritage Street in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
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Overview

  • Investigators are analysing data from the devices of 24-year-old software engineer Shubham Dubey, detained on July 18 in Faridabad over suspected bomb-threat emails.
  • At least six threatening emails have targeted the Golden Temple since July 14, with new messages arriving even after Dubey’s arrest.
  • Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann says the source of the emails has been traced and vows exemplary punishment for those responsible.
  • Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla has urged Mann to visit Amritsar and demanded joint state-central security measures, calling Amritsar a “no-war zone.”
  • SGPC head granthi Giani Raghbir Singh has criticised proposals for central force deployment, insisting the committee’s own staff can secure the shrine’s interior.