Overview
- An operation by Counter Intelligence Bathinda and the district police led to three arrests on October 31 after investigators followed technical leads.
- Punjab’s police chief alleged the campaign was backed by US-based SFJ leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and involved foreign funding.
- The accused were identified as Navjot Singh alias Jota, Gurpreet Singh, and Harjinder Singh.
- Investigators said the slogans appeared at a Mananwala school on October 19–20 and at PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bhissiana on October 26–27.
- Police reported that the men took instructions from overseas aide Pawanpreet Singh alias Deep Chahal, disclosed a Rs 2,000 payment to one participant, seized four phones and a dongle, and registered two FIRs under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Punjab Prevention of Defacement of Property Act.