Overview
- Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said Amritsar rural police, working with central agencies, detained Mehakdeep Singh (Mehak) and Aditya (Adhi) and recovered a rocket-propelled grenade.
- The DGP stated the RPG was intended for a targeted terror attack, with the recovery made during an intelligence-based operation.
- Preliminary findings indicate the accused were in touch with a Pakistan-based ISI operative who sent the weapon and with Harpreet Singh (Vicky), currently lodged in Ferozepur Jail.
- An FIR was registered at Gharinda police station in Amritsar, and investigators are working to identify the wider network behind the alleged plot.
- Parallel BSF-led searches on October 18 recovered 602g of heroin in Ferozepur, 3.6kg of ICE packaged like a drone drop near Bhaini Rajputana, and a pistol near Roranwala Khurd, which officials link to broader transnational smuggling and terror activity.