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Hindustan Times
02-08-2025
- Hindustan Times
Arms smuggling modules busted in Amritsar: 13 pistols, ammo seized; juvenile among 11 held
At least 13 pistols and ammunition were recovered as Amritsar police busted three cross-border illegal arms smuggling modules with links to Pakistan on Friday, officials said. The weapons seized by counter- intelligence wing, Amritsar. (HT) Amritsar commissionerate police arrested four operatives of two modules, including a juvenile, and recovered seven sophisticated pistols from their possession, said Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav. Those arrested have been identified as Sikanderjeet Singh (19) of Bhagwanpura village in Tarn Taran; Pradeep Singh alias Babbal (43) of Antarjami Colony, Amritsar; Jarnail Singh (34) of New Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, Amritsar; and a 17-year-old juvenile from Tarn Taran. 'The recovered weapons include two Glock pistols, four .30-bore Star pistols, and one .32-bore pistol, along with six live cartridges. Apart from recovering weapons, police teams have also recovered their motorcycle, which they were using to deliver consignment,' Yadav said, adding that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused were in touch with Pakistan-based smugglers and retrieved weapon consignments near the international border. The weapons were meant to fuel gang rivalries and disrupt peace in the region, he said. The DGP said that further investigation is underway to trace forward and backwards linkages to unearth the entire smuggling network. Amritsar commissioner of police (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that preliminary investigations revealed that the accused, Sikander, along with a juvenile, was in touch with Pak-based smugglers. 'Their home is close to the international border, and they retrieved the drone-dropped consignments from the locations provided to them,' he said. The other module was busted with the arrest of the accused, identified as Pardeep and Jarnail. 'The weapons were received from Pakistan smugglers and were meant for deceased gangster Ravneet Singh alias Sonu Mota, he said, adding that further investigation is ongoing, and more arrests are likely in the coming days. Two FIRs under relevant sections of the Arms Act have been registered at police station Gate Hakima in Amritsar and police station B-Division in Amritsar. Six pistols seized, 5 arrested In another case, counter-intelligence (CI), Amritsar busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested five of its operatives and recovered six sophisticated pistols from their possession, the DGP said. Those arrested have been identified as Jagroop Singh of Dhun in Tarn Taran, Navdeep Singh of Patti Lahian Di in Tarn Taran, Arshdeep Singh of Shaliwal in Amritsar, Gurlal Singh of Rajoke in Tarn Taran and Joban Singh of Patti Mana Ki in Tarn Taran. According to information, the arrested accused Jagroop and Navdeep have criminal backgrounds with several cases pertaining to the Arms Act and the NDPS Act registered against them. The recovered weapons include four 9MM Glock pistols and two .30-bore pistols, along with magazines and live cartridges. Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused persons were acting upon the directions of a Pakistan-based smuggler identified as Rana, who has been sending consignments of illegal weapons from across the border, he said. The DGP said that teams of CI-Amritsar arrested five accused from a bus stop in Panjwar, situated on Amritsar-Bhikhiwind Road. A case under sections 25, 25(1)(A) and 25(1)(B) of the Arms Act and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at the police station, state special operation cell, Amritsar. Man shot dead, 1 assailant killed, 2 hurt in encounter TARN TARAN: A man identified as Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Thathian Mahantan, who was shot at by the gangsters, and one of the assailants, who were injured in a subsequent shootout with police, succumbed to injuries on Friday, police said. On Thursday late evening, three unidentified bike-borne assailants opened fire on Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Thathian Mahantan falling under the jurisdiction of Sarhali police station of Tarn Taran. The victim sustained serious injuries and was admitted to a hospital. 'One ASI and one constable, who were deployed as security personnel with the family, due to a security threat from the Landa Harike and Satta Naushera gang, along with family members of the victim, chased the assailants. All three assailants were injured in the subsequent shootout near Mohanpur village. One of the assailants succumbed to injuries at the hospital today,' said Deepak Pareek, senior superintendent of police (SSP). Three pistols were recovered from the spot of the encounter.
NDTV
30-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Himanta Biswa Sarma's 'Pak Link' Jab To Gaurav Gogoi After Pahalgam Speech
Guwahati: On Tuesday Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi delivered a fierce speech in Parliament on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, asking questions of the government's military strategy and demanding transparency about the number of Indian fighter jets shot down by Pakistan. On Wednesday Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma threatened to transfer an ongoing state inquiry - into 'links' between the Congress leader's wife and a Pak-based non-governmental organisation - to the federal anti-terror body, the National Investigation Agency. Mr Sarma said the SIT, or special investigative team, formed by his government believes a 'deeper' inquiry into the 'links' between the Gogois and Pakistan is necessary. The Chief Minister said he may recommend the NIA take over later this year. The threat followed comments by Home Minister Amit Shah and Dilip Saikia, a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Assam, in Parliament. The former accused Mr Gogoi of having travelled to Pak and the latter targeted his wife, Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi, of being 'on the payroll' of that country. As justification Mr Saikia claimed Pak media reports- as part of reportage on the Parliament session - used parts of his speech in articles critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Gogoi later responded to Amit Shah's attacks, saying, "I went to Pakistan before Modiji went to Pakistan to eat biryani... I don't know why he (Amit Shah) brought that up." "Today was the time for the present government to accept its failures. Instead... Amit Shah ji wanted to hide his failures behind the valour and the patriotism of the Indian military." Mr Shah, meanwhile, responded sharply to Mr Gogoi's comments about Pak infiltrators and said, "You have been to Pak many times, Gogoi... ever been to the border?" The Assam Chief Minister pounced quickly, posting excerpts from Mr Shah and Mr Saikia's speeches on X and accusing the Congress leader of 'aligning with Pakistani interests'. Adarniya Griha Mantri Shri @AmitShah ji reiterated what we have been saying all along- पाकिस्तान तो कई बार गए हो, कभी हमारे जवानों की हित में भी बात कर लो। — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 29, 2025 "The speech delivered by our MP from Jorhat in Parliament yesterday proved beyond doubt he acts on behalf of Pakistan," Mr Sarma said on X, and dragged Mr Gogoi's children into the attack, "... and with his wife and both kids holding foreign citizenship, he can leave India any time." Earlier Mr Sarma - once a close aide of Mr Gogoi's father and former Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi - had set a deadline of September 10 to reveal "damning" allegations, i.e., Ms Gogoi was involved in gathering confidential information relating to national security. In May Mr Gogoi slammed the allegations and accused the Chief Minister of lying. Mr Gogoi acknowledged his trip to Pakistan but said that was 15 years ago, when he was not a MP.
Hindustan Times
29-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
All 3 Pahalgam attackers killed in Operation Mahadev, Home minister Amit Shah announces in Lok Sabha
Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday made a big announcement in the Lok Sabha during the Operation Sindoor debate — that all three Pakistani terrorists who killed 26 people in the Pahalgam attack in April were eliminated in Operation Mahadev on July 28. Amit Shah speaking in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing parliamentary debate on Operation Sindoor and India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack.(Video gram/Sansad TV) He named Suleiman as the mastermind, and the two others' names as Afghan and Jibran. These were all top terrorists belonging to the Pak-based proscribed group Lashkar-e-Taiba, he said. Reports about Suleiman and two others having been killed had emerged after Operation Mahadev went into full swing near Srinagar on Monday. The extent of their involvement in the Pahalgam attack, however, was stated on Tuesday by Amit Shah in Parliament. Shah said their identities were confirmed as such by those who had already been arrested by the NIA for having sheltered them. 'They were shown the bodies, and they said 'these are the men involved in the Pahalgam attack',' Shah said. 'We were not convince by that alone. We had already carried out forensic tests of the bullet shells found at the attack spot. We took the guns seized from the terrorists killed in Operation Mahadev to the lab in Chandigarh overnight, where the ammunition matched. That confirmed their identities even further, and we were convinced,' he told the House. He said Operation Mahadev had begun 'the night of the attack', referring to the Pahalgam incident. On Monday, the encounter with terrorists began around 11 am when a joint team of the army, paramilitary and police detected terrorist activity in the Mulnar area of Harwan. Acting swiftly, the forces engaged the terrorists in an intense firefight, resulting in the deaths of the three heavily armed terrorists in the forested Lidwas area near Harwan, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Time of India
19-07-2025
- Time of India
J&K Police's counter-intelligence wing detains 10 people in terror-linked case
The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained 10 people for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications for coordinating, financing and executing terror activities on the instructions of handlers from Pakistan , officials on Saturday said. The detentions were carried out during searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) at multiple locations in the valley, they said. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Design Thinking Leadership Technology Management Data Analytics Project Management MBA Cybersecurity Degree Product Management Healthcare Data Science Data Science PGDM MCA Digital Marketing others Finance Others Public Policy CXO Artificial Intelligence Skills you'll gain: Duration: 22 Weeks IIM Indore CERT-IIMI DTAI Async India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 25 Weeks IIM Kozhikode CERT-IIMK PCP DTIM Async India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 25 Weeks IIM Kozhikode CERT-IIMK PCP DTIM Async India Starts on undefined Get Details The officials said that searches were conducted at 10 locations across Kashmir by the CIK officers in a two-year-old terror-linked case registered under various sections of the ULA(P) Act read with Section 120-B of the IPC . by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like When the Camera Clicked at the Worst Possible Time Read More Undo Suspicious technical signatures were traced at 10 locations falling in Budgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal and Srinagar districts of Kashmir during the investigation of the case, they said. The officials said that the the suspects were found using suspected encrypted messaging applications. Live Events During further analysis, various suspects were found using a 'specific encrypted messaging application' which is widely used by terrorists/handlers from across for coordinating, financing and executing a variety of terrorist related activities, including recruitment into terrorist ranks, they said. "These individuals /users are suspected to be in touch with adversaries, including Abdullah Gazi, a Pak-based LeT/ JeM terrorist handler across the border," the officials said. Maintaining an element of surprise, the searches were meticulously planned and conducted in furtherance of the investigation by the CIK into this terrorist recruitment/financing module of the JeM/LeT terrorist outfit, operating from a known city in Pakistan which has been established by peeking into the server of encrypted messaging application, they said. The officials said that the terrorist commander/ handler was in continuous touch with these local Kashmiri youth and was reportedly trying to radicalise them for recruitment into terrorist ranks. The terrorist commander/handler is operating in close coordination with Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI , they said. The officials said that a large number of documentary evidence and digital devices having bearing on the investigation of the case were seized during searches. "So far, 10 suspects have been rounded up. Analysis of the data would follow and leads that would emerge would become the basis for further investigation," they added. The officials further said the operation is primarily aimed at prevention and saving the lives and careers of local youth from falling prey to the designs of terror organisations. "It is also aimed to uncover crucial evidence, curb illicit activities, prevent the misuse of communication devices such as mobile phones and dismantling the terror ecosystem in the UT by identifying terrorist associates/ Over Ground Workers (OGWs) supporting and abetting terrorism, and also ensuring legal action against them as envisaged by the law of the land," they added.
NDTV
18-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
'The Dirty 7': Terrorists Wanted By India, The World, But Protected By Pakistan
New Delhi: Seven of the world's most wanted terrorists - men with millions of dollars in bounties on their heads and who have orchestrated horrific attacks that claimed the lives of thousands, in India and abroad - are not hiding in rundown motels or 'roughing it out' in remote jungle camps. Instead, they live as free men in Pakistan, backed and protected by the Pak Army and deep state, and operate with impunity, plotting terror attacks on India and Indians, recruiting and radicalising young men and women to perpetrate their violence, and living a luxurious life. In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack - in which 26 people were killed by terrorists from The Resistance Front, a proxy of the banned and Pak-based Lashkar-e-Taiba - the spotlight is now firmly on these terrorist leaders and Pakistan's inaction despite a mountain of evidence. Who are these terrorists? First up is Hafiz Saeed. Saeed is the boss of the Lashkar, or LeT, terrorist group that he established in the early 1990s as the military wing of the Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, a Pak-based Islamic fundamentalist missionary group, according to the United States' Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence. A ODNI report said the LeT is responsible for "numerous attacks against Indian troops and civilian targets across the country. The list of Lashkar assaults on India is long and bloody, and includes the bombing of commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006 and the 26/11 attacks on the city. Over 360 people died in those two attacks alone. Terrorist Hafiz Saeed is officially under 'house arrest' in Pak, but is actually a free man (File). Lashkar terrorists also attacked the Red Fort in Delhi in 2000. The man behind all these terror strikes has been designated a terrorist by the US and the United Nations and has a $10 million bounty on his head, but lives comfortably in Lahore under armed guard. Pak minister Bilawal Bhutto last month claimed Hafiz Saeed is under 'house arrest'. The Lashkar HQ in Muridke was destroyed by India during Operation Sindoor. Then there is Masood Azhar, the boss of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group that is also based out of Pakistan and protected by the Pak Army and deep state. The mastermind of the horrific Pulwama and Uri terror attacks - which killed 59 soldiers and injured dozens more - Azhar was labelled a 'global terrorist' by the United Nations in 2019. Cut to today... and he is officially 'untraceable'. Pak claims they don't know the location of Masood Azhar (File). Only he isn't; in November he gave a speech at an Islamic seminary in Pak's Punjab province and vowed more terror strikes on India. The Indian government demanded his immediate arrest but Pak dithered again, claiming it had, and still doesn't have, information on his whereabouts. Earlier this month Mr Bhutto claimed Azhar might be in Afghanistan. Intel, however, indicates Azhar continues to operate from Bahawalpur in Pak, which was also one of the terror camps disabled by missile strikes during Op Sindoor. NDTV Exclusive | Perhaps the ultimate sign of the protection offered to the LeT and JeM bosses are reports the Pak government has begun rebuilding launchpads and terror camps that were destroyed. Next up is Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a fundamentalist Islamic preacher and a senior figure in the LeT. In fact, he is reported to be the terror group's military chief and was the architect behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack. He was jailed by Pak, albeit very briefly, before being released on bail. This was despite India providing evidence of his role in the Mumbai attack. Lakhvi was briefly in a Pak jail but was given bail despite India's protests (File). Back in 2020, when Pak was on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force, a global anti-terror financing watchdog, Lakhvi did face significant financial sanctions from Islamabad. But since then he has been as free as any of the other terrorists on this list, with addresses in Punjab province and even in Islamabad on the record. He is believed to have the protection of the Pak Army and even China; Beijing blocked a UN bid to place him on a key list of terrorists. Fourth on the list is Syed Salahuddin, the chief of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist group and who has vowed to turn the Kashmir Valley into "a graveyard for Indian forces". Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin has vowed to kill Indian soldiers (File). Designated a terrorist by the US' Department of State and India's National Investigation Agency, he still leads anti-India rallies in Pak-occupied Kashmir and calling for jihad against India. Then there's Dawood Ibrahim, mob boss extraordinaire and one of the world's most wanted fugitives. The head of the infamous D-Company crime syndicate, he is wanted on charges of murder and murder-for-hire, extortion, drug trafficking, and terrorism. Wanted crime boss and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is living in Karachi (File). He was labelled a 'global terrorist' by India and the US in 2003 for his role in the bombings in Mumbai a decade earlier, and was even on the 'most wanted' list of the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation. The $25 million bounty on his head alone underlines his nefarious status. He has been tracked to Karachi, where he is untouched, of course, under the security of the Pak government, its intel wing, the Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, and the country's armed forces. There are many more, of course. There is Iqbal Bhatkal, a bomber who founded the Indian Mujahideen, and his brother, Riyaz Bhatkal, the co-founded the group and acts as its financier. Both are in Karachi and run sleeper cells in India. Multiple terror groups and terrorists use Pak as a launchpad to attack Indian territory, a state of affairs that continues despite India raising this at the highest levels in the international community, This includes providing a growing mountain of material highlighting Islamabad's roles in terror attacks.
