# Punjab police defuse IED near Amritsar police station 2026-08-16T22:44:57+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Amritsar Rural Police on Sunday averted a terror plot targeting a police establishment, recovering an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 690 grams along with an electronic detonator, battery, timer and iron box. The seizure was made on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said the explosive material was handled as per security protocols and defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad. He added that the police have foiled a design of anti-national elements and averted a potential threat to public safety. An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of law. Investigation is underway to identify and apprehend those behind the plot. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Amritsar, Gaurav Yadav, IED, Punjab Police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/punjab-police-defuse-ied-near-amritsar-police-station/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/punjab-police-defuse-ied-near-amritsar-police-station/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report 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. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/