RPGs, grenades, IEDs recovered during crackdown against Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism in Punjab

Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, the Punjab Police on Tuesday recovered a cache of terrorist hardware in a major breakthrough against ISI-backed cross-border terrorism.

In the operation, carried out jointly by the Punjab Police with a central agency, two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), five P-86 hand grenades, one wireless communication set was recovered from a forested area near Tibba Nangal–Kular Road, SBS Nagar.

"Preliminary probe indicates a coordinated operation by Pakistan’s ISI and allied terror outfits to revive sleeper cells in Punjab," the Punjab DGP said.

A case under relevant provisions has been registered at the police station of the State Special Operation Cell in Amritsar.

(With PTI inputs)