Punjab CM Amarinder Singh warns Pakistan against attempts to spread 'narco terrorism'

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned Pakistan on Saturday against its "persistent attempts" to spre narco-terrorism in India, asserting that police force was "keeping a close watch" on anti-national activities across border even during a crisis.

"Our eyes are open to what Pakistan is doing," Singh said, hours after NIA arrested a "torious narco-terrorist" who acted as a conduit for Pakistan-based terror groups.

central ncy said in a statement that it, along with Punjab and Haryana police, arrested Ranjit Singh alias Cheeta, a resident of Amritsar, from Haryana. It said investigation in a drug case against Singh showed Pakistan-based outfits were using narcotic tre to generate funds for terror activities in India.

Assuring people that matter how much force has been busy with COVID-19 duties, Punjab chief minister said, police were keeping a watch on borders.

"Pakistan is t letting up on its attempts to push drugs, weapons and drug money despite COVID crisis, clearly in an attempt to destabilise state and disturb its peace, but we will t allow that to happen," he said.

He congratulated Punjab police, led by DGP Dinkar Gupta, for arrest and role played by his personnel in operations against Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir.

He referred to arrest of Hilal, a close associate of terror outfit's commander Reyaz Naikoo, who was killed by security forces in Kashmir.

From Punjab police to BSF, everyone was on ir toes to defeat nefarious designs of Pakistan, said chief minister, ding state police force was working in a sustained manner to ensure that terrorists do t get away with ir wicked plans.

Terrorists and gangsters h "probably thought y could use gap created by diversion of resources and police manpower to COVID duties to smuggle drugs and weapons to spre mayhem" in Punjab, but Punjab police personnel were keeping a close eye on what was happening along borders.

"We will ensure that such anti-national elements are caught and put behind bars, where y belong," he said.

(Im credit: PTI)