KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
07-Dec-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 7 recovered 6.638 kg of heroin in 12 packets from farmland near the border fence at Daoke village in Amritsar district.
07-Dec-2025
On December 7, the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a pistol, a magazine, and four live rounds hidden in an agricultural field near Gandu Kilcha village in Ferozepur district.
06-Dec-2025
The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) on December 6 arrested a wanted member of the Valmiki gang carrying a reward of INR 5,000, identified as Akash Saxena, in the Roorkee area of Haridwar district of Uttarakhand. The STF recently registered a case against gang leader Praveen Valmiki and his associates based on confidential inputs. The gang is accused of forging documents and illegally occupying land worth crores.
06-Dec-2025
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang targeted farmer Zishan Zulfiqar’s farmhouse, resulting in large-scale vandalism, arson, and looting, in Chiutaha village, Bettiah, West Champaran district of Bihar. According to Zulfiqar, around 200 armed men stormed the property, broke down walls, looted cattle and stored wheat and paddy, and eventually set the farmhouse on fire. The attackers were led by Shashank Pandey, a known Bishnoi gang operative, who allegedly held Zishan at gunpoint and demanded the property’s transfer as extortion. Police have arrested four individuals, including Shashank Pandey, in connection with the attack.
06-Dec-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 6 recovered a packet containing 1.173 kg of heroin from farmland near Sankatra village in Ferozepur district.
06-Dec-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 6 recovered one DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone in the outskirts of Pachharian village in Ferozepur district.
06-Dec-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 6 recovered a DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone from farmland adjacent to Roranwala Kalan village in Amritsar district.
06-Dec-2025
On December 6, Punjab Police, on day 280 of its “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, registered 60 first information reports (FIRs), arrested 81 drug smugglers and seized 2.2 kg of heroin, 6 kg of poppy husk, 198 intoxicant pills and INR 4310 drug money from the possession of arrested persons, across the state.
06-Dec-2025
The Moga Police on December 6 arrested one accused, identified as Jashkaran Singh, and seized 2,50,000 narcotic Pregabalin capsules and 400 Tramadol tablets from a rented room in Street Number 7, Krishna Nagar, Moga district.
06-Dec-2025
Dal Khalsa’s working president, Paramjit Singh Mand, on December 6 announced that the organisation will hold a convention in Amritsar on December 10 to mark World Human Rights Day, dedicating the event to the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
06-Dec-2025
Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, counsel for jailed British national Jagtar Singh alias Jaggi Johal—an accused in a series of targeted killings in Punjab—plans to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) to recover Johal’s belongings from the Baghapurana police in Moga district. The move comes after Johal’s gold chain, ring, and INR 5,000 in cash were found missing from police custody. Only his mobile phone was returned on December 4. The issue surfaced after Johal was acquitted in a terror-funding case in March 2025, prompting a petition for the release of items seized by Moga police during his 2017 arrest in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Johal still faces eight other cases related to targeted killings from 2016–17, currently being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), and is lodged in a Delhi jail.
06-Dec-2025
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Amritsar Police Commissionerate on December 6 arrested one person, Gurwant Singh, and seized 1 kg of heroin from his possession in the Chheharta area of Amritsar district.
05-Dec-2025
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on December 5 warned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government against fostering anarchy and bloodshed by allegedly patronising gangsters for electoral gains.
05-Dec-2025
The hearing in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case was adjourned from December 5 to December 19 after a prosecution witness failed to appear before the Mansa court in Mansa district.
05-Dec-2025
The Bathinda district police on December 5 arrested two individuals, identified as Manpreet Singh and Sandeep Singh and seized 1.5 kg of heroin near the Jeeda toll plaza in Bathinda district.
05-Dec-2025
The Border Security Force (BSF) on December 5 recovered a DJI Mavic 4 Pro drone along with a packet of heroin weighing 543 grams from agricultural fields near Dal village in Tarn Taran district.
05-Dec-2025
According to intelligence sources, Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti, a long-time rival of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, has emerged as a key handler behind the weapons and explosive consignments being pushed into Punjab to fuel terrorist activities. Agencies said that Bhatti, backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has been instrumental in supplying explosives, including the hand grenade used in the November 25 Gurdaspur police station blast. The Delhi Police recently arrested three men linked to Bhatti’s ISI-sponsored module for their role in the attack, while Gurdaspur Police have detained several others from the same network, claiming to have foiled another planned strike on police establishments.
05-Dec-2025
The Amritsar Rural Police on December 5 arrested an accused, Karanbir Singh, and seized 274 grams of heroin following investigations into a drug-seizure case registered earlier this month in Dhanoe Kalan village, Amritsar district.
05-Dec-2025
Police on December 5 arrested five individuals, identified as Rishav Rana, Ranjit Singh, Amanjot Kaur, Jatinderpal Singh, and Amandeep Kaur and seized 150 kg of poppy husk from them in Samrala, Ludhiana district.
05-Dec-2025
On December 5, the Khanna Police arrested two individuals, identified as Ranjit Singh Bachi and Gurpreet Singh Laddi and seized 10 grams of heroin, 5.6 kg of poppy husk, and a .315-bore illegal pistol from them in Ludhiana district.