“Deliver this message to Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta and Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh that under the Khalistan referendum campaign, we have made ‘Sikhs as a weapon’ in Punjab who do not plant explosives but are equipped with meticulous knowledge of law and order to annihilate dastardly governments by votes in elections,” a  recorded message in Punjabi said.

The calls have been made to Punjabis from a foreign number and the caller identified himself as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of SFJ after the Punjab police found a Tiffin Box fabricated into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or Tiffin Bomb along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol recovered from village Daleke, Lopoke in Amritsar. DGP Gupta suspected foreign hands in the terror act.

Earlier, this SFJ outfit, through similar calls, had threatened Punjab CM Amarinder and Governor VP Singh Badnore, to perish them if they the Indian tricolour the occasion of Independence Day on August 15th, Pannun was reportedly heard saying in an audio clip adding that at a time farmers are dying, the hoisting of tricolour shall not be tolerated.

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Chandigarh: Ahead of Independence Day, police have recovered a tiffin bomb box containing over 2 kg of RDX explosive at Daleke village of Amritsar on Sunday evening.
The tiffin bomb was suspected to be dropped by a drone flying in from Pakistan, Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said while addressing a press conference here on Monday.
He said that some other explosives including five hand grenades were also found in the bag containing the tiffin bomb and investigation is underway to ascertain the source of supply.
“On Sunday night, drones were heard in an Amritsar village and then district police received an input that a bag was found abandoned in suspicious circumstances. Upon opening it, the police found explosives including seven pouches, five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol in it. An explosive substance weighing 2 kg along with a remote controller also seized from the spot,” DGP said.
He said that an NSG team was called at the spot and preliminary investigation reveals that a sophisticated bomb has about 2-3 kg of RDX explosive, which can provide a timed explosion.
“There was also a printed circuit board that can help in remote signal and three detonators have been found along with a power energiser of 9 volts. It was assembled very meticulously and carefully by experts. It could have been used against any target,” the DGP said, adding that police did not know where it was to be targeted.
He said that activities have been increased across the border for the past two to three months and security has been beefed up on Indo-Pak borders in the state.
“This is a very sinister and worrisome development. We want to be aware the general public of this development as this IED was fitted in a children’s tiffin box. It looked attractive having a sticker of a scooter. It was targeted at innocent people like children,” he said requesting people to do not open or touch any abandoned box/bag.
DGP said that issue had been taken up before Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh so that the government could make people aware.

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Two of the Old Trafford stands were evacuated about 20 minutes before the scheduled kickoff of the Premier League game against Bournemouth at 1400 GMT when the item was found in the toilets at the ground. The match was called off soon afterwards and the whole 75,000-seater stadium cleared.

TV footage showed fire engines arriving at the stadium, one of the world’s most famous football grounds.

Police used sniffer dogs to search the area before calling in an army bomb disposal unit which carried out a controlled explosion on the item they described as being “an incredibly realistic-looking explosive device”.

“Following today’s controlled explosion, we have since found out that the item was a training device which had accidentally been left by a private company following a training exercise involving explosive search dogs,” Assistant Chief Constable John O’Hare from Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.

“Whilst this item did not turn out to be a viable explosive, on appearance this device was as real as could be, and the decision to evacuate the stadium was the right thing to do, until we could be sure that people were not at risk.”

Manchester United said in a statement on their website that the package had been found in the North West Quadrant, adding that the match was abandoned on police advice.

United Executive Vice Chairman Ed Woodward said staff were regularly trained in security with the police and emergency services. The club will investigate the incident fully.

The game has been rearranged for Tuesday. United cannot now qualify for next season’s Champions League after Manchester City drew at Swansea City on Sunday.

United are sixth in the Premier League table and would move above Southampton into fifth with a draw or victory against Bournemouth. They are due to play Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

On Wednesday Britain raised the threat level from dissident Northern Ireland militants to “substantial”, meaning an attack on the British mainland is considered a strong possibility.

There have also been concerns that the Belgian-based cell of Islamic State that carried out attacks in Paris six months ago and in Brussels in March might have been involved in plots in Britain.

 (Reporting by Ed Osmond and Kylie MacLellan; Writing by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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