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Punjab is seeing a rise in low-intensity attacks linked to Pakistan-based handlers, with young men lured by quick money into terror networks & left to face arrest and ruined lives

In 2026, Punjab experienced a noticeable rise in carefully planned low-intensity attacks that security agencies attribute to hybrid terror-crime networks. These operations, frequently involving petrol bombs and similar rudimentary devices, have targeted not only security installations but also softer civilian sites such as clinics and hospitals.

One of the more widely reported incidents occurred on the night of June 22, 2026, in Bathinda, when two motorcycle-borne men approached a homeopathy clinic and threw a lit petrol-filled bottle into the verandah. The attack caused property damage but no injuries. Similar petrol bomb incidents followed in late July, including one directed at a political office in Sangrur, along with earlier strikes at other locations.

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Pakistan-based Shehzad Bhatti, identified by investigating agencies as an ISI-linked gangster operating under the banner of the Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA) and associated proxies, has been named in multiple cases and has claimed responsibility or issued threats in connection with several of them. Agencies have linked him to a substantial portion of the low-intensity incidents recorded in the state during the........

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