Patiala Police dismantle ISI-backed terror module following railway track detonation attempt

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Patiala Police has successfully busted a Pakistan’s ISI backed Pro-Khalistani terror module responsible for late night attempted detonation at Railway Track near Shambu with the arrest of four highly radicalised habitual criminals and recovered heavy quantity of militant hardware from their possession.

Those arrested have been identified as Pardeep Singh Khalsa of Mansa, Kulwinder Singh alias Bgga of Village Bappiana in Mansa, Satnam Singh alias Satta of Panjwarh in Taran Tarn and Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi of Goindwal bypass in Tarn Taran. The arrested accused persons have various heinous crime cases registered against them.

The recovered military hardware includes one Hand Grenade, two .30 Bore pistols along with ammunition, technically sophisticated communication devices to be used in further detonations and Laptops, with which they used to communicate with their handlers.

During Press briefing, DIG Patiala Range Kuldeep Chahal and SSP Patiala Varun Sharma told media persons that a Terror Module responsible for late night attempted detonation at Railway Track got unearthed within a record span of 12 hours.

They said that arrested accused Pardeep Singh Khalsa was the main kingpin of the module and was in close proximity with Malaysia based Pro-Khalistani terrorist as well as in close contact with Pakistan Based arms suppliers.

Accused Pardeep Singh Khalsa used to send radicalised youth to Malaysia for undergoing terror training and then assign them with the tasks of terror activities, they said, while adding that the accused has also made a radical organisation by the name of “Chalda Vaheer Chakarwarti, Attariye”.  

DIG Kuldeep Chahal and SSP Varun Sharma said that during initial interrogation, it also came to light that the arrested accused persons have conducted a low-intensity IED blast at Main Line of Shambu Railway Station. Probe has revealed that the arrested accused persons were planning to execute further of attacks on Public infrastructure and Properties, they said.

In this regard, a case FIR no 76 dated 28-4-2026 under section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Act, section 25 of the Arms Act and sections 13, 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Acts (UAPA) at Police Station Kotwali in Patiala.