Overview
- DGP Gaurav Yadav said seven operatives, including a juvenile, were apprehended in an intelligence-led operation by Amritsar Commissionerate Police.
- Officers recovered 15 pistols from the suspects’ possession, including nine Glock 9mm handguns and six .30-bore pistols.
- Preliminary findings point to coordination with a Pakistan-based handler over social media, with verification of delivery methods still underway.
- FIRs were registered at Cantonment police station under the Arms Act and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as teams pursue backward and forward linkages.
- A day earlier, Counter Intelligence Amritsar arrested three men with nine pistols in a related case tied to alleged deliveries near the Indo–Pak border and supplies meant for an aide of gangster Jobanjit Singh, also known as Billa Manga.