Police officials say terrorists were in contact with RAW’s Major Ravindra Rathore and Inspector Singh
Punjab AIG Operations Shehzada Sultan (right) speaks during a press conference. — Screengrab via Expressepaper News
- Three RAW agents were arrested in Toba Tek Singh.
- A facilitator funding terrorists from Dubai was also nabbed.
- Terrorists planned to target the mosque and the railway station.
LAHORE: Punjab’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has foiled a first-rate terror plot during a latest crackdown named “Operation Yalghar”, arresting six suspected terrorists operating for India’s intelligence organization Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) from diverse districts throughout the province.
Speaking during a press convention in Lahore, Punjab Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Operations Shehzada Sultan — flanked by using CTD’s SSP Operations Waqar Azim — stated that the cops disclosed that operatives, Aslam and Akbar Ali, have been arrested in Bahawalnagar even as acquiring explosives without delay from India’s Border Security Force (BSF)
The terrorists they brought have been in contact with Indian intelligence officials, recognized as RAW’s Major Ravindra Rathore and Inspector Singh.
The CTD’s action reiterates Pakistan’s issues regarding India’s subversive approach within the area and New Delhi’s involvement in carrying out and sponsoring terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
India has been involved in country-sponsored terrorism for the than twenty years, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated last month during a media talk following the college bus bombing in Balochistan’s Khuzdar, which resulted in the martyrdom of numerous youngsters.
During their presser, the CTD officers discovered that the arrested individuals had planned to perform assaults on a mosque and the railway station in Bahawalpur, and explosives, detonators, improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs), safety fuses and personal maps had been recovered from the suspects, who confessed to receiving instructions for the attack.
Additionally, 3 different alleged RAW agents — Azam alias Jaji, Manzoor alias Qari (both from Bahawalnagar), and Amjad from Pakpattan were captured from Toba Tek Singh.
Meanwhile, Zulfiqar, a key facilitator allegedly worried in funding these activities from Dubai, turned into nabbed in Bahawalpur.
CTD Punjab has additionally intercepted audio conversations between the suspects and Indian intelligence officers and terrorists. Discussions about targeted killings and assaults on touchy websites are stated to be covered in those recordings. Speaking to newshounds, AIG Sultan pressured that India has been trying to destabilise Pakistan through acts of terrorism, but safety agencies have been prepared to thwart such efforts.
The policeman promised that the U.S.A.’s safety could not be compromised in any way. The crackdown comes against a mild uptick in militant attacks in May 2025, with Data launched through the Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) reflecting a 5% growth in attacks as compared to April.
According to the PICSS month-to-month safety evaluation, May recorded eighty-five militant assaults, a marginal upward trend from eighty-one in April.
These incidents resulted in 113 fatalities, along with 52 safety forces personnel, 46 civilians, eleven militants, and 4 individuals from peace committees. The month also saw 182 individuals injured, comprising 130 civilians, 47 safety personnel, four militants, and one peace committee member.
Civilian injuries also witnessed a dramatic a hundred forty five% boom, leaping from 53 in April to 130 in May, highlighting the growing effect of militant activities on the overall populace. Conversely, accidents amongst security personnel reduced by 20%, falling from 59 to 47.
Combining militant attacks and safety operations, the overall casualty toll for May stood at 172, including fifty seven safety employees, 65 militants, 46 civilians, and 4 peace committee contributors.
A overall of 194 human beings were injured, comprising one hundred thirty civilians, fifty-four safety employees, 9 militants, and one peace committee member. Militants additionally kidnapped at least 19 individuals in the month.
A striking issue of the May safety landscape was a 78% upward trend in the deaths of safety personnel, contrasted with a 68% decline in militant deaths compared to April. Notably, May turned into the primary month because October 2024, in which militant fatalities had been recorded in double digits (65), a sharp drop from 203 in April.