Intelligence sources as well as Punjab Police officials said there have been credible inputs that there might be an attempt to cause violence in the state in the run up to the 2022 Assembly polls.
Intelligence agencies have sounded an alert over the possibility of terrorist attacks on select leaders of the state belonging to BJP and RSS. Sources said Punjab Police have increased its vigilance in the state after the alert.
The intelligence tip-off comes at a time when there has been an isolated grenade blast outside the military station near Pathankot.
The alert also comes in the backdrop of Punjab Police’s claims that drones from Pakistan have been dropping explosives in the border areas packed in lunch boxes of school children. There have also been increased recoveries of arms and ammunition in the border areas in the past few months.
As a part of the increased vigil, the state police arrested Ranjit Singh of Sohal village in Tarn Taran accusing him of having links with foreign-based terrorist entities and planning a terror attack in Punjab. Two Chinese P-86 hand grenades and two pistols were also recovered from him.
Intelligence sources as well as Punjab Police officials said there have been credible inputs that there might be an attempt to cause violence in the state in the run up to the 2022 Assembly polls. “The increased number of drone sorties from across the border taking place along the international borders with Pakistan are a matter of concern. There have been concerns that consignments of arms may have been dropped in Indian territory to ferment trouble,” an official said.