Amarinder Singh
A high-level meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Tuesday reviewed internal security and law and order in Punjab.
During the meeting, doubts were raised about the authenticity of alleged intelligence reports suggesting an ISI operation to target retired Army and Police officials in a bid to revive militancy.
An official statement said that while the Chief Minister directed senior officials to ensure all steps to maintain peace and check the spread of rumours, he agreed with officials that the reports seemed far-fetched and did not reflect ground realities.
“The reports were not verified and could be false, the meeting felt, with the Chief Minister asking the police to take all possible steps to verify such reports and check the spread of rumours, which could lead to panic among the people,” the statement said.
The meeting comes a day after the police said Pakistan-based Khalistan Liberation Force handler Harmeet Singh was plotting a Rajasansi-style attack on the anniversary of Operation Bluestar. The disclosure came soon after the seizure of smuggled hand grenades at Kukranwala Adda in Amritsar district’s Ajnala. After initial investigations, police said Harmeet ‘PhD’, also a suspect in the grenade attack on a prayer congregation at the Nirankari Bhawan in Rajasansi, was believed to be behind the smuggling of the hand grenades from Pakistan.
"Police officials briefed the Chief Minister on the incident and informed the meeting that further probe was on to ascertain more details about the make of the grenades and the smuggling route," said the statement.
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