Farmers Movement Archive

Amarinder Singh calls for extra vigil following recovery of tiffin bomb

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh flagged the threat to security, in view of recovery of tiffin bombs on the eve of Diwali. He accused Punjab home minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa of being in denial mode. Amarinder had been raising the issue of national security in his interviews and had also referred to it in his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi last week. Amarinder tweeted, "Hope Punjab government, HM Punjab in particular, will come out of denial mode and take this threat seriously. With multiple consignments being sent regularly from across the border, extra vigil and a detailed action plan must be formed to combat the challenge." He was referring to a statement by the DGP Office, Punjab that a tiffin bomb was recovered on the eve of Diwali. It was kept concealed in the agriculture fields at village Ali Ke, Ferozepur. Three persons have been arrested so far, one is an accused and two others who provided shelter and logistical support to the accused. Earlier on September 15, Amarinder as chief minister had ordered high alert in the state following the arrest of four members of an ISI-backed terrorist module involved in a bid to blow up an oil tanker with an IED tiffin bomb. Amarinder had then said that the objective behind the tiffin box bomb recovered by police which was delivered allegedly through a drone was not known. It wasn't focused on farmers' protest but the frequency with which weapons are being delivered in the last 1.5 years. I have never seen this in my life, he had said.

The Times of India

2021-11-05

India