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NIA finds cross border ISI link in Punjab twin blasts suspects backed by handlers abroad sources
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Published on 6 May 2026
Foreign handlers allegedly directed locally radicalised attackers
The NIA is reportedly probing a strong cross-border angle behind the Amritsar and Jalandhar twin blasts in Punjab. Sources claim the attacks were carried out by locally radicalised individuals, but allegedly backed, funded, and directed by handlers operating from abroad on instructions attributed to Pakistan’s ISI. Investigators are working to connect networks and trace communications and funding trails.
- NIA probe points to a possible cross-border role
- Suspects are said to be locally radicalised individuals
- Claims suggest foreign handlers backed and directed the plot
- Investigation focuses on links to funding and directions abroad
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