Jaiveer Tyagi sent to police custody for three days
A local court on Wednesday sent Jaiveer Tyagi, alias Javed, a native of Baroli village in Saharanpur (UP) and currently residing in Ludhiana, to police custody for three days.
He was arrested by the Counter Intelligence wing of the Amritsar police with a hand grenade from near Taran Wala Pul here yesterday. With his arrest, the police had claimed to have averted a possible terror attack in the state.
According to the police, CI teams received an intelligence input that a foreign-based individual, identified as Sehlam, who is working for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, along with his cousin Jaiveer Tyagi was planning to target government installations through terror attacks in various cities to disturb peace and harmony in the state.
He had also retrieved the consignment of the hand grenade from Attari area and was waiting for his other accomplices near Taran Wala Pul here to commit a major crime. Following this, the CI team acted swiftly and nabbed Tyagi with the hand grenade.
Tyagi has been living in Ludhiana for the last 15 years and was in contact with Sehlam through encrypted messaging apps. Sehlam was in touch with Pakistan-based anti-national entities and gangsters-turned-terrorists based in Canada and the US.
Sources in the CI said the accused were planning to carry out a blast using the hand grenade in Yodha Basti area. He had received the hand grenade from two bike-borne persons in Attari area. He said the police found two mobile numbers of the suspects from his phone which were now switched off. He said investigations are on to identify them.
The CI has registered a case under Section 25 of the Arms Act, Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, and sections 61(2) and 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against him at the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) police station here.
