Overview

• Punjab Police’s Counter-Intelligence unit in Jalandhar joined SBS Nagar and Rajasthan AGTF teams to arrest five BKI operatives in Tonk and Jaipur on August 12.
• Officials recovered an 86P hand grenade, a .30 bore pistol with two live cartridges and two empty shells after one suspect opened fire and was injured in a police retaliation.
• Police say the cell was directed by Pakistan-based BKI operative Harwinder Singh alias Rinda and managed by Canada-based handler Zeeshan Akhtar.
• Three of the arrested operatives are juveniles, highlighting the network’s strategy of recruiting minors through local crime affiliates.
• An FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Explosive Substances Act has been registered as investigators trace financing and logistics links to ISI networks and Lawrence Bishnoi affiliates.