The Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA) has issued direct death threats to five high-ranking Punjab Police officers, including Amritsar Border Range DIG Sandeep Goyal, following a late-night IED blast near the BSF Frontier Headquarters in Jalandhar. In a chilling social media post, the group placed red ‘X’ marks over the photographs of five officers, signaling them as primary targets in a campaign they have titled “Operation Nawa Savair”.
The extremist group explicitly warned DIG Sandeep Goyal that he, his family, and his close relatives are now on their hit list. The message stated that the “blood of martyr Ranjit Singh” would be avenged by shedding the blood of the officer’s “near and dear ones,” adding the ominous claim that they would “shed so much blood that everything will look red”. This vendetta is reportedly linked to a March 2026 encounter led by DIG Goyal, which resulted in the death of Ranjit Singh, an accused in the killing of two police personnel at a Gurdaspur check-post.
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The threat follows the May 5 IED attack in Jalandhar, for which the KLA has claimed responsibility, alleging that two BSF soldiers were killed and three others injured. While police investigations initially suggested a vehicle fire, the subsequent KLA manifesto has forced security agencies to treat the incident as a major terror conspiracy. Intelligence agencies believe these threats are a deliberate attempt to demoralize the police force, specifically targeting officers who have been instrumental in anti-terror and anti-drug operations in the border regions.
Security has been significantly beefed up for the identified officers and their families as Punjab remains on high alert. The KLA has also threatened to release an “exclusive video” of the Jalandhar blast, further heightening tensions across the state. Authorities are currently investigating the authenticity of the “Operation Nawa Savair” campaign and tracking the digital footprints of the sleeper cells suspected of distributing the viral hit list.