Thursday, June 4, 2026 – Punjab Police have scored a significant counter-terrorism success, dismantling a cross-border terror module and seizing an improvised explosive device intended for use against critical public infrastructure. Punjab’s Director General of Police, Gaurav Yadav, confirmed that the State Special Operations Cell apprehended two associates of a foreign-based terror operative from Mohali, and the operation led to the recovery of an IED, resulting in the foiling of a plot targeting critical public infrastructure in SAS Nagar.
The arrests point to a sustained effort by Pakistan-linked operatives to revive cross-border terrorism in Punjab, a pattern that security agencies have been actively tracking. The use of a locally recruited network to acquire and position explosives suggests that handlers operating from abroad are increasingly relying on domestic proxies to avoid direct detection.
Security forces have been on heightened alert across Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir following the Pahalgam attack of 2025, and operations like this underscore the ongoing vigilance of ground-level intelligence agencies. Investigators are now probing the full extent of the network and its connections to the foreign-based handler.
