Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said that the accused has been identified as Rahul Kumar alias Gaju, a resident of Chamrang Road in Amritsar. He works as an assistant in a salon in Amritsar.
Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror plot with the arrest of one accused person and recovered an RDX-based Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from his possession in Amritsar area.
Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said that the accused has been identified as Rahul Kumar alias Gaju, a resident of Chamrang Road in Amritsar. He works as an assistant in a salon in Amritsar.
In an intelligence-led operation, State Special Operations Cell (#SSOC), Amritsar foils a #Pak ISI–backed terror plot with the recovery of an #RDX-based Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and arrests one accused from #Amritsar.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the accused… pic.twitter.com/qetpnn7JrK
— DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) February 10, 2026
DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation indicated that the accused was in contact with a foreign-based handler acting under the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers. Probe has also revealed that accused Rahul retrieved the consignment from a designated location on the outskirts of the city following the instructions of his foreign-based handler, he said, while adding that the device was concealed in a PVC pipe casing, likely to evade detection.
The DGP said that further probe regarding the ultimate disposal/destination of the IED is being conducted.
Source : https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/pak-isi-backed-terror-plot-foiled-1-held-with-rdx-based-ied