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Punjab police on Wednesday issued a high alert after a letter, claiming to be from a terrorist group, has threatened to assassinate the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, besides bombing down prominent religious places and major railway stations in the state.
Notably, the station master at Sultanpur Lodhi Rajbir Singh has received a hand-written letter on Wednesday, said to be from Jaish-e-Mohammed — a Pakistan-funded militant group, by post, which he forwarded to the railway station authorities.
Station Master Rajbir Singh said that the letter was handed over to the ticket clerk by the postman posted at the station. When we informed the police, Sultanpur Lodhi police SHO Gagandeep Singh Sekhon, along with the police team, reached the spot. The investigation is ongoing.
“I was busy with my work when I received a letter in my name. The letter was written in rough handwriting. I was shocked when I read the contents of the letter. I immediately informed my higher officer. I send the inputs to GRP and RPF unit heads too,” he said.
Divulging on the content of the letter, Rajbir Singh said that the letter stated they will take revenge of the killings of terrorists.
“By May 21, we will bomb down major stations like Sultanpur Lodhi, Lohian Khas, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar, and Ferozepur. Not only this, we will bomb Patiala’s Kali Mata Mandir, Hanuman Mandir and Jalandhar's Devi Talab Mandir and other religious places of Punjab,” read the contents of the letter.
“In the letter, they also threatened to assassinate Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, Railway DRM Seema Sharma,” he said.