# Amritsar Police recover IED, foil terror plot near police post 2026-08-16T18:23:29+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Amritsar Rural Police have recovered a 690-gram improvised explosive device (IED) with an electronic detonator, battery, timer, and iron box, foiling a suspected terror plot targeting a police establishment. The seizure was made on the intervening night of August 15 and 16 during a patrol by Assistant Sub-Inspector Kulbir Singh in the jurisdiction of the Gaggomahal police post. The bomb disposal squad defused the explosive material on the spot. Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on X that the recovery averted a potential threat to public safety by anti-national elements. India Today and NDTV both report the DGP's statement. Senior Superintendent of Police, Amritsar Rural, Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal said checking points have been set up and government establishments are being closely monitored in the wake of Independence Day. A case has been registered under the Explosive Substances Act at Ramdas police station. The police said the recovery prevented a planned attack on a police establishment. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - ndtv.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T19:31:19+00:00. Tags: Amritsar Rural Police, Gaurav Yadav, IED, Independence Day, Punjab Police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/amritsar-police-recover-ied-foil-terror-plot-near-police-post/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/amritsar-police-recover-ied-foil-terror-plot-near-police-post/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/