Pakistani Handler Used Romantic Tie to Recruit Woman for Railway Blast
· India · Times of India, Outlook India
The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad and Sri Ganganagar police arrested 21-year-old Mahakdeep Kaur and 23-year-old Davinder Singh in Gurdaspur, Punjab, for a November 3 railway track blast near 50 GB village in Sri Ganganagar district. Investigators revealed that a Pakistan-based ISI handler named Shah used a romantic relationship to recruit Kaur into executing the attack, with the accused receiving Rs 2.23 lakh for the operation. Police recovered two foreign-made pistols, 46 live cartridges, and Rs 30,000 in cash from the suspects. Authorities stated the primary objective was to spread terror across Rajasthan, and noted that the suspects previously attempted an attack on October 6 before returning with explosives and a timer.
Why it matters
The arrests expose cross-border recruitment tactics utilizing personal relationships to orchestrate sabotage and terror attacks on critical infrastructure in border regions.
Read the original report — Times of India
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