UP: Encounter of three terrorists in Pilibhit

New Delhi| There has been news of an encounter by a joint team of UP Police and Punjab Police against the accused who threw a bomb at the police post in Gurdaspur, Punjab. All three criminals have been killed in this firing in a police encounter. This encounter took place in Puranpur, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. All three criminals have been seriously injured in the firing in the police encounter, who have been sent to CHC Puranpur for treatment, where the news of their death came to light.

The encounter took place when the police laid siege to arrest the accused. Police have recovered 2 rifles, 2 Glock pistols along with a huge quantity of cartridges from the injured criminals.

Punjab Police DGP Gaurav Yadav wrote on social media platform X, “A major success has been achieved against the terrorist module of Pakistan sponsored Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)”. In a joint operation of UP Police and Punjab Police, there has been an encounter with three members of the module, who had fired at the police party. This terror module is involved in grenade attacks on police establishments in the border areas of Punjab.

He further wrote, “The encounter took place between the joint police teams of Pilibhit and Punjab under the jurisdiction of Puranpur police station in Pilibhit and three members of the module are involved in a grenade attack on a police post in Gurdaspur”. The injured persons have been taken to CHC Puranpur for immediate treatment. Investigations are ongoing to uncover the entire terror module.”

Actually, this case is related to the grenade attack on a police post in Punjab, which was the seventh attack in a month. Khalistan Zindabad Force had taken responsibility for this attack. According to the information, the attackers reached the police post in an auto and fled after throwing the grenade.

The names of the three criminals are said to be Gurvinder Singh, Virendra Singh alias Ravi and Jasan Preet Singh alias Pratap Singh. These three accused are residents of Gurdaspur district of Punjab.

Khalistan Zindabad Force claimed responsibility for the grenade attack on Bakshiwala police post in Kalanaur, Punjab on the night of 18 December by posting it on social media. In the post, the organization said that the attack was carried out by them under the leadership of Jathedar Bhai Ranjit Singh Jammu and under the supervision of Bhai Jaswinder Singh Bagi alias Manu Agwan.

The post also mentioned that the purpose of this attack was to respond to those who said derogatory and wrong things about Sikhs not only in Punjab but also in other states. Khalistan Zindabad Force also threatened that through such attacks in future, people who speak ill against the Sikh community will be warned.

After the grenade attack on the police post, Punjab Police came into full action. After this attack, the National Security Agency (NIA) had issued an alert of a major terrorist attack in the state. Due to this, NIA had raided eight places in different areas of Punjab. During these raids, important inputs related to the terrorist attack were received, which were handed over to the Punjab Police.