KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
29-Nov-2025
On November 29, Punjab Police, on day 273 of its “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, registered 52 first information reports (FIRs), arrested 67 drug smugglers and seized 237 grams of heroin, 100 grams of opium, 481 intoxicant pills and INR 1960 drug money from the possession of arrested persons, across the state.
29-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Police on November 29 seized a China-made drone and 550 grams of heroin from a field in the GG Base area near the International Border in the Fazilka sector of Fazilka district.
29-Nov-2025
According to reports, jailed gangster Anmol Bishnoi, currently in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody, fears he may be “targeted and killed” by Pakistan-based gangster Shehzad Bhatti, allegedly in retaliation for his recent social media posts. Bishnoi has filed a protection plea, stating that he and his family face constant threats, causing “fear, mental trauma, and apprehension of imminent danger.” He has requested the court to direct the investigating agency to provide adequate armed protection during his transit from the NIA headquarters to the court.
29-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 29 seized 1.107 kg of heroin from the Dhariwal village area in Amritsar district.
29-Nov-2025
According to reports, the interrogation of gangster Bandhu Maan Singh Sekhon — a key conspirator in the three firing incidents outside comedian Kapil Sharma’s ‘Kap’s Café’ in Surrey, Canada — revealed that the gang had planned to kill Sharma if he failed to pay the extortion money. Sekhon, arrested on November 25 in Ludhiana, is described as the right-hand man of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative Harry Chatha and gangster Goldy Dhillon, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks. He had allegedly fled to India to lie low and was captured on CCTV riding shotgun with two of the shooters. The questioning also identified the shooters as Daljot Rehal and Gurjot, who reportedly wore body cameras to film the attacks and circulated the footage to amplify their threat.
28-Nov-2025
Phagwara Police on November 28 arrested three persons, identified as Ghanshyam Tiwari, his mother Neeraj Kumari, and his brother Deepak Tiwari, for allegedly sheltering and financing the main assailants involved in the November 27 late-night firing at the residence of AAP leader and Yudh Nashian Virudh coordinator Daljit Raju, in Yamunanagar district, Haryana.
28-Nov-2025
Radical Sikh leader and Khadoor Sahib Member of Parliament (MP) Amritpal Singh on November 28 again approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC), seeking temporary release to attend the winter session of Parliament and challenging the Punjab government’s rejection of his representation.
28-Nov-2025
The Government of India on November 28 repatriated three Pakistani nationals—earlier jailed on charges of drug smuggling and illegal border crossing—back to Pakistan via the Attari–Wagah land route in Amritsar.
28-Nov-2025
Tarn Taran Police on November 28 arrested Kanchanpreet Kaur, daughter of SAD leader Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa, as part of efforts to dismantle the criminal network allegedly run by her Canada-based gangster husband, Amritpal Bath. Kanchanpreet faces multiple cases registered during the election period, including criminal intimidation and violations of the model code of conduct, as well as a separate case for allegedly using a fake passport. Police said she was arrested in connection with an FIR at Jhabal police station against Bath, who is booked for criminal intimidation during the bypoll campaign and faces over two dozen cases, including murder, attempt to murder, and UAPA charges. Authorities also alleged that she illegally entered India via the Nepal border, evading immigration checks.
28-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 28 seized a packet of suspected heroin weighing 553 grams from agricultural fields near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district.
28-Nov-2025
On November 28, Punjab Police, on day 272 of its “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, registered 74 first information reports (FIRs), arrested 95 drug smugglers and seized 699 grams of heroin, 1.4 kg of opium, 519 intoxicant pills and INR 84,000 drug money from the possession of arrested persons, across the state.
27-Nov-2025
Gurdaspur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Aditya said on November 27 that police are investigating the Khalistan Liberation Army’s (KLA) claim of carrying out a grenade attack outside the Gurdaspur Police Station on November 25, which left four people injured. The blast occurred a day before Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann’s scheduled visit to inaugurate a sugar mill. While police had initially attributed the incident to a truck’s tyre burst, a social media post from the “Khalistan Liberation Army” later claimed responsibility for the attack.
27-Nov-2025
According to police, Punjab has seen a surge in incidents of grenade attacks over the past year in which miscreants, often acting on the instructions of banned organisations, have targeted police and other establishments. In the last three months alone, three such blasts occurred in the state—each initially dismissed as a non-terror incident. Since September 2024, at least 21 suspicious grenade attacks have been reported, 15 of them targeting police installations.
27-Nov-2025
Tarsem Singh, father of Khadoor Sahib Member of Parliament (MP) Amritpal Singh, on November 27 in Amritsar, called the denial of parole to his jailed son “a direct attack on democracy aimed at silencing an elected representative.” He said, “The sangat of Khadoor Sahib elected Amritpal Singh to Parliament with a massive mandate, yet the government is preventing him from even attending Parliament. This is an insult to the democratic rights of the people who elected him.”
27-Nov-2025
On November 27, Punjab Police, on day 271 of its “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, registered 68 first information reports (FIRs), arrested 93 drug smugglers and seized 1 kg of heroin, 29,678 intoxicant pills and INR 11.24 lakhs drug money from the possession of arrested persons, across the state.
27-Nov-2025
Police on November 27 seized 735 grams of heroin, recovered from packets suspected to have been delivered by Pakistan-based smugglers, in Valtoha in Tarn Taran district.
27-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 27 seized 520 grams of heroin and a drone from the fields in Rasulpur village in Tarn Taran district.
27-Nov-2025
Authorities on November 27 arrested a jail warder, identified as Sadhwinder Singh, and recovered 12 grams of narcotics, a mobile phone, cash, and a wallet from his possession, at Kapurthala Central Jail in Kapurthala district.
27-Nov-2025
Police on November 27 arrested a person, identified as Jalandhar Singh and seized 80 intoxicating capsules from him, in Lakhan Ke Padda village, Kapurthala district.
27-Nov-2025
Police on November 27 arrested a person, identified as Ravi Kumar alias Ravi and recovered 50 intoxicating pills from him, in Khanpur village, Kapurthala district.
27-Nov-2025
An arrested suspect in the November 15 killing of Naveen Arora, son of RSS leader Baldev Raj Arora, identified as Badal was killed in a shootout near the cremation ground at Mamu Joya village in Jalalabad, Fazilka district, on November 27. Police said Badal, who had allegedly fired at Naveen, was arrested on November 26. During interrogation, he disclosed plans to flee to Rajasthan with two accomplices, Raju and Sonu. When police took him to meet them near the cremation ground, the two assailants opened fire, prompting retaliation in which Badal was killed. Police have so far arrested six accused in the case, including a Ludhiana-based woman, Bhawna; three others — Gursimran Singh alias Jatin Kali, Kanav, and Harsh; and Badal. Another accused has also been apprehended, though police have withheld the identity to avoid compromising the ongoing investigation. However, despite multiple arrests and two shootouts over the past two weeks, the motive behind Naveen’s killing — whether ideological or driven by personal enmity — remains unclear.
27-Nov-2025
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said on November 27 that Punjab Police have recorded 324 encounters with gangsters since April 2022, resulting in the neutralization of 24 dreaded gangsters/criminals and the arrest of 515 others, of whom 319 sustained bullet injuries. Three police personnel lost their lives and 41 were injured in these operations. He added that, over the past three-and-a-half years, the Punjab Police have busted 962 gangster/criminal modules, arrested 2,536 gangsters/criminals, and recovered 2,086 illegal weapons, 564 vehicles used in crimes, 79 kg of heroin, and INR 4.69 crore in drug money. The data comes amid renewed concerns over rising gangsterism in Punjab.
27-Nov-2025
Two motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at the house of Daljit Singh Raju, Phagwara coordinator of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ drive, near Darvesh Pind village on the Phagwara–Jandiala road in Kapurthala district on November 27. No injuries were reported. Raju said around 23 rounds were fired at about 1:13 a.m., shattering window and door panes. Sources added that a hand-written slip, in English, was found at the site mentioning the name of a group and an amount of INR 5 crore.
27-Nov-2025
Police on November 27 arrested a person, identified as Rachhoda Chahal and seized 250 intoxicating capsules from his possession, in Kapurthala district.
27-Nov-2025
Police on November 27 arrested two persons, identified as Sarab Mahimi alias Gunna and Anmol Kaler and seized 15 grams of heroin from them in Wahian Chowk in Kapurthala district.
27-Nov-2025
Batala police, on November 27, arrested four drug smugglers and recovered 1.5 kg of heroin and 500 grams of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) drug from them in Gurdaspur district.
27-Nov-2025
The Rajasthan Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on November 27 arrested Pradeep Gurjar, a key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, for his role in an extortion network operating in the region, from a flat in Gurgaon in Haryana.
27-Nov-2025
Police on November 27arrested a wanted member of the Himanshu Bhau gang carrying a reward of INR 25,000, identified as Ankit, after an early-morning encounter in Dwarka, New Delhi. He was wanted for a firing incident in Najafgarh and for injuring a police constable during a 2020 attack on a CIA team in Bahadurgarh.
26-Nov-2025
On the night of November 26, Tarn Taran Police arrested seven members of two gangster groups who were celebrating their release from jail, and recovered five illegal pistols from them in Naurangabad village, Tarn Taran district.
26-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF), in collaboration with Punjab Police, on November 26 recovered a DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone from a field near Pallopati village in Tarn Taran district.
26-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 26 recovered a DJI Air 3S drone from a farming field adjacent to Burj village in Tarn Taran district.
26-Nov-2025
Mansa Police on November 26 arrested a member of the Bambiha gang, identified as Rambakhsh alias Bakhshi, and seized two .32-bore pistols, a .315-bore country-made pistol, and three live cartridges from his possession near a school in Budhlada in Mansa district. The accused was allegedly wanted in two recent firing incidents in Sirsa district of Haryana.
26-Nov-2025
On November 26, Punjab Police, on day 270 of its “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, registered 83 first information reports (FIRs), arrested 104 drug smugglers and seized 6.4 kg of heroin, 1.6 kg of ICE, 389 intoxicant pills and INR 6.96 lakhs drug money from the possession of arrested persons, across the state.
26-Nov-2025
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police, on November 26, foiled a major terror plot by arresting four Lawrence Bishnoi gang members, identified as Harvinder Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Mohammad Samir, and Rohit Sharma, and recovering seven .32-calibre pistols and 70 live cartridges from them, after an encounter on the Dera Bassi–Ambala highway in Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Two of the accused were injured after opening fire at the police in an attempt to flee. Preliminary investigation indicates they were acting on the instructions of a foreign-based handler, Goldy Dhillon and were planning targeted attacks in the tricity and Patiala region.
26-Nov-2025
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Punjab Police on November 26 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Akashdeep Singh and seized 5.084 kg of heroin, 1.681 kg of crystal methamphetamine (ICE), INR 6.5 lakh in cash, a leather bag, two electronic weighing machines, and a vehicle, in Kharar in Mohali, in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district.
26-Nov-2025
Punjab Government has denied parole to Khadoor Sahib Member of Parliament (MP) Amritpal Singh, who is detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in Dibrugarh jail, Assam, for attending the winter session of Parliament from December 1 to 19. Secretariat sources said the government, relying on reports from the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner and the district police chief, cited potential law and order concerns as the reason for rejecting his request.
26-Nov-2025
Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma, on November 26 in Mumbai, said the three firing incidents at his café in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, had finally compelled Canadian authorities to act against such attacks in the country. “In fact, after every firing incident, we got a bigger opening at the café. So it’s all okay if God is with me,” he added.
26-Nov-2025
Delhi Police’s Special Cell has dismantled a Pakistan-backed terror–gangster module run by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked handler Shahzad Bhatti, arresting three associates from Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh (UP) who were involved in the November 25 grenade attack outside the Gurdaspur city police station, Punjab. Those arrested include Vikas Prajapati from Datia, Madhya Pradesh on November 26; Hargunpreet Singh from Firozpur, Punjab on November 29; and Asif from Bijnor, UP on November 30. Police seized a pistol, 10 live cartridges, reconnaissance videos, chats, and voice notes from them. According to Delhi Police, the trio admitted their role in the Gurdaspur grenade attack, stating that one carried out the throw while the others provided logistical support. The module had “multiple targets,” and the reconnaissance locations will be shared with Punjab Police. Police said all members of the network have now been identified, preventing further attacks. Sources also confirmed that gangster Anmol Bishnoi, currently in NIA custody, was among the module’s intended targets.
25-Nov-2025
Delhi Police on November 25 arrested a key conspirator in the three firing incidents outside comedian Kapil Sharma’s ‘Kap’s Café’ in Surrey, Canada, identified as Bandhu Maan Singh Sekhon, and seized a PX-3 semi-automatic pistol of Chinese make and eight cartridges from his vehicle in Ludhiana in Ludhiana district. Sekhon, allegedly provided logistical support to the shooters involved in the attacks. He had travelled to Canada on an employment visa in 2023, became a member of the Goldy Dhillon gang, and fled to India after Surrey Police arrested several of his associates in August 2025. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) in Delhi, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Sekhon’s arrest followed the capture of two members of gangster Sonu Khatri — Mandeep Singh and Dalvinder Kumar — in Rohini, along with Turkish and Chinese-made pistols. The duo disclosed that one weapon from the consignment had been delivered to Sekhon, confirming his role in the interstate and cross-border arms network linked to Khatri, who currently operates from the United States (US).
25-Nov-2025
Amritsar Rural Police on November 25 arrested two brothers, identified as Yuvraj and Akashdeep, and recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing nearly 2.5 kg from them in Gharinda, Amritsar district. Officials said security agencies had shared specific inputs that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed operatives planned to retrieve explosive material hidden in the border belt. Acting on information that two suspects were heading on a motorcycle to pick up an IED concealed near the border, the police intercepted and arrested them.
25-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 25 recovered a DJI Mavic 3 drone along with a packet of heroin weighing 557 grams from a farming field in Kamal Wala village in Ferozepur district.
25-Nov-2025
The State Special Operations Cell, Fazilka, on November 25 arrested two members of a cross-border weapon-smuggling module, identified as Vikram Singh and Prabhjot Singh, and seized two hand grenades, one Glock 9mm pistol, and two live cartridges from their possession on the Chak Maujdin Wala–Surghur road in Fazilka district. Preliminary findings indicate the weapons were drone-delivered from Pakistan for planned criminal activities in Punjab.
25-Nov-2025
Faridkot Police, on November 25, arrested three members of a module involved in targeted killings, identified as Jagatinder Singh alias Sonu, Jashanpreet Singh alias Jassa, and Manpreet Singh alias Armaan, and seized two .30-bore pistols and 15 live cartridges from them near the Sirhind Canal in Faridkot district.
25-Nov-2025
Police on November 25 arrested an arms smuggler, identified as Thomas Robert, and seized two 9 mm pistols suspected to be part of an illegal arms consignment smuggled from Pakistan and meant for a major crime in the district, in Faridkot district.
25-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 25 arrested two men, identified as Karnail Singh and Gurpreet Singh alias Lovepreet Singh, and subsequently recovered 10 packets of heroin — 5.414 kg wrapped in yellow tape — along with a Chinese pistol, four magazines, and 12 rounds of .30-bore ammunition in Chak Tahliwala in Fazilka district. The interrogation of the suspects led to a raid on the house of one Baljinder Singh, resulting in the recovery, and efforts are underway to arrest him.
25-Nov-2025
The Sadar Khanna Police on November 25 arrested a drug smuggler, identified as Binder Singh, and seized 304 grams of heroin from his possession in Ludhiana district. The suspect was on his way to deliver the heroin to his clients when the Khanna Police apprehended him.
25-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 25 seized an assembled hexacopter drone from farmland near Havelian village in Tarn Taran district.
25-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 25 seized a DJI Air 3 drone carrying pistol parts from agricultural fields ahead of the border fencing near Chak Allabaksh village in Amritsar district.
25-Nov-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 25 seized a DJI Mavic 4 Pro drone along with 1.065 kg of heroin from fields near Dhani Phoola Singh village in Fazilka district.
25-Nov-2025
On November 25, Punjab Police, on day 269 of its “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, registered 75 first information reports (FIRs), arrested 81 drug smugglers and seized 1.5 kg of heroin, 1 kg of ganja, 585 intoxicant pills and INR 5.52 lakhs drug money from the possession of arrested persons, across the state.