<p>The Punjab Police on Sunday recovered an explosive device packed with around 1.5 kg of RDX and arrested two men in a village in Tarn Taran district.</p>.<p>The IED, packed in metallic black colour box and having a gross weight of over 2.5 kg, was also equipped with timer, detonator, battery and sharpnels, police said, adding they averted a possible terrorist attack in the border state with the arrests and the recovery.</p>.<p>The development came three days after four people were arrested with the recovery of three IEDs packed in a metallic case (weighing 2.5 kg each) and one pistol in Karnal by the Haryana Police following the inputs from its Punjab counterpart.</p>.<p>The police said those arrested on Sunday have been identified as Baljinder Singh alias Bindu (22), a resident of village Gujjarpura in Ajnala, Amritsar; and Jagtar Singh alias Jagga (40) of village Khanowal of Ajnala, Amritsar.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/four-terrorists-nabbed-in-haryanas-karnal-arms-ammunition-seized-1106662.html" target="_blank">Four terrorists nabbed in Haryana's Karnal, arms & ammunition seized</a></strong></p>.<p>A motorcycle and two mobile phones were also recovered from their possession, police said.</p>.<p>Bindu was working as a nursing assistant in a private hospital in Ajnala, while Jagga is a labourer and both were carrying out this activity for money and drugs, the police said in a statement here.</p>.<p>Additional Director General of Police (Internal Security) R N Dhoke said the Tarn Taran Police had received a secret information that Bindu and Jagga carrying explosives were roaming in Naushehra Pannuan area and were planning to carry out a blast to spread terror among the people there.</p>.<p>Acting promptly, Tarn Taran Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranjit Singh sent police teams to conduct raids in the area and both the accused were arrested with an IED in a metallic box when they were going on a motorcycle after retrieving it from the abandoned place, he said.</p>.<p>The SSP said initial investigation reveals that the accused had gone to retrieve the IED on the instructions of their accomplice identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Joban, a resident of Awan Vasau in Ajnala.</p>.<p>Jobanjit is already facing criminal cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and has been declared a Proclaimed Offender (PO), he said.</p>.<p>The SSP said a bomb disposal team of the Punjab Police later defused the IED, which had nearly 1.5 kg of RDX.</p>.<p>A case under relevant sections of the Arms Act, the Explosive Substance (Amendment) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sarhali police station has been registered. </p>
<p>The Punjab Police on Sunday recovered an explosive device packed with around 1.5 kg of RDX and arrested two men in a village in Tarn Taran district.</p>.<p>The IED, packed in metallic black colour box and having a gross weight of over 2.5 kg, was also equipped with timer, detonator, battery and sharpnels, police said, adding they averted a possible terrorist attack in the border state with the arrests and the recovery.</p>.<p>The development came three days after four people were arrested with the recovery of three IEDs packed in a metallic case (weighing 2.5 kg each) and one pistol in Karnal by the Haryana Police following the inputs from its Punjab counterpart.</p>.<p>The police said those arrested on Sunday have been identified as Baljinder Singh alias Bindu (22), a resident of village Gujjarpura in Ajnala, Amritsar; and Jagtar Singh alias Jagga (40) of village Khanowal of Ajnala, Amritsar.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/four-terrorists-nabbed-in-haryanas-karnal-arms-ammunition-seized-1106662.html" target="_blank">Four terrorists nabbed in Haryana's Karnal, arms & ammunition seized</a></strong></p>.<p>A motorcycle and two mobile phones were also recovered from their possession, police said.</p>.<p>Bindu was working as a nursing assistant in a private hospital in Ajnala, while Jagga is a labourer and both were carrying out this activity for money and drugs, the police said in a statement here.</p>.<p>Additional Director General of Police (Internal Security) R N Dhoke said the Tarn Taran Police had received a secret information that Bindu and Jagga carrying explosives were roaming in Naushehra Pannuan area and were planning to carry out a blast to spread terror among the people there.</p>.<p>Acting promptly, Tarn Taran Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranjit Singh sent police teams to conduct raids in the area and both the accused were arrested with an IED in a metallic box when they were going on a motorcycle after retrieving it from the abandoned place, he said.</p>.<p>The SSP said initial investigation reveals that the accused had gone to retrieve the IED on the instructions of their accomplice identified as Jobanjit Singh alias Joban, a resident of Awan Vasau in Ajnala.</p>.<p>Jobanjit is already facing criminal cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and has been declared a Proclaimed Offender (PO), he said.</p>.<p>The SSP said a bomb disposal team of the Punjab Police later defused the IED, which had nearly 1.5 kg of RDX.</p>.<p>A case under relevant sections of the Arms Act, the Explosive Substance (Amendment) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sarhali police station has been registered. </p>