With the arrest of three members linked to the ISI-controlled Pakistan-based terror module in Bathinda, Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have averted planned target killings in the state.
According to the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, the arrested people have been identified as Rajbhupinder Singh (Bhinda) from Bathinda, Raman Kumar from Fazilka and Jagjit Singh from Kotkapura.
In a joint operation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar Police and Counter Intelligence of Punjab's Bathinda district arrested three associates of the Bambiha gang and thwarted their plans of a targeted killing here.
A group of farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district courted controversy after they allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to burn the stubble lying in a field on Friday.
The 2G bio-refinery is designed for the utilization of paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol under the Ethanol Blending Program of the Central Government.
"The smoke of stubble spread in Bathinda, the air became poisonous, and the administration appealed to the distressed farmers not to burn the stubble." Lucky, a local resident said.
"Shocking incident in Bathinda. Mall Road Association President Harjinder Singh Mela Ji shot dead in broad daylight. Such incidents have become common in Punjab under the Aam Aadmi Party regime. The entire trading community is in a state of fear. Shiromani Akali Dal demands immediate action
On the directives issued by Punjab Transport Minister S Laljit Singh Bhullar, the Transport Department cancelled 39 illegally clubbed bus permits of private bus operators in the state.
All the management committee members of Gurdwara Kalgidhar Sahib where the wedding ceremony was conducted on September 18 were also barred from holding any post in any other gurdwara or Sikh religious body by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat for Sikhs.