Cops recover tiffin-box bomb hidden in fields in Punjab's Ferozepur

Chandigarh, November 5

Punjab Police claim to have foiled a possible attempt of a terror attack after it recovered an explosive-filled tiffin box hidden in an agricultural field near the Indo-Pakistan border in Ferozepur district on the eve of Diwali.

The recovery was made at Ali Ke village on Wednesday following interrogation of three people arrested earlier this week in connection with the Jalalabad blast case.

DGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota said the Ludhiana Rural police on Monday had arrested two men for allegedly providing shelter and logistical support to Ranjeet Singh alias Gora, an accused in the Jalalabad blast case being investigated by the NIA.

The two men arrested were Jaswant Singh alias Shinda Baba, a resident of Jhugge Nihanga Wale village in Ferozepur, and Balwant Singh of Walipur Khurd village in Ludhiana. Gora, too, had been arrested, the DGP said.

According to an official statement, one "tiffin bomb", two pen drives and Rs 1.15 lakh in cash were recovered from the trio earlier.

During the course of investigation, it came to light that the accused were in possession of another "tiffin bomb" which they had kept concealed in agricultural fields.

"Following revelations of the accused persons, a joint search operation was carried out by teams of Counter Intelligence (of Punjab Police), Ferozepur and Ludhiana and CIA Jagraon at Ali Ke village in Ferozepur on Wednesday and the tiffin bomb was recovered,” the DGP said.

An FIR has been registered under the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act at Sidhwan Bet police station in Ludhiana Rural.

Additional Director General of Police (Internal Security) RN Dhoke said further investigation is on and more arrests were expected to be made soon. PTI