Amritsar: The STF officials recovered 5 kg RDX this morning, in a search operation conducted by the STF in the Dhanoe Kalan village in the border area in Punjab. The operation was initiated after 2.5 kgs of RDX and some other lethal weapons were recovered from the Lakahnpal village in the Gurdaspur district last night.
According to STF AIG Rashpal Singh, the police had received information about drugs in a village near the Wagah-Attari border, but an IED weighing 5 kg was recovered from the spot, in addition to Rs 1 lakh cash. He also informed that suspicions of the RDX being associated with Pakistan are quite rife, while an investigation is ongoing in the matter.
After the recovery of the explosive, the Special Task Force (STF) team reportedly searched the entire village. SSP Rakesh Kaushal, along with other officers, reached the spot. The village in question and the entire surrounding area, located at a short distance from the Indo-Pak border, was converted into a police cantonment.
Earlier, the Nawanshahr police had recovered one detonator, codex wire, 5 explosive fuses including wires, and 12 live ammunition of AK-47 assault rifle along with 2.5 kg RDX from a member of the Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) group. Director-General of Police (DGP) Punjab VK Bhawra said that the seizure was led by a disclosure statement given by the accused Amandeep Kumar alias Mantri - one of the six ISYF terrorists arrested by SBS Nagar police on Monday for carrying grenade attacks in Pathankot.
According to Amandeep, this material was to be used for making IEDs. The consignment was provided to Amandeep by the self-proclaimed chief of ISYF (Rode) Lakhbir Singh Rode, who is currently residing in Pakistan, with the help of his associate and operator of this terrorist group Sukhpreet Singh alias Sukh resident of Dinanagar.
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