Counter Intelligence (CI) Ferozepur has foiled a terror plot being planned and controlled by Pak-based ISI-backed terrorist Harwinder Rinda with the arrest of two operatives. The operatives belonged to the Babbar Khalsa International terror module, said the Director General of Police (DGP) on Thursday.
The arrested have been identified as Harpreet Singh alias Preet, a resident of village Bhullar in Tarn Taran, and Gulshan Singh alias Nandu, a resident of village Rampura in Amritsar. Police teams have recovered two 86P hand grenades and one 9MM pistol along with five live cartridges from their possession.
The development appeared on the eve of Independence Day and two days after Punjab Police busted a BKI terror module with the arrest of five operatives, including three juveniles, from Tonk and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan and recovered one 86P hand-grenade and one .30 bore pistol from their possession.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused persons were working under the directions of their foreign-based handlers sitting in the UK, USA, and Europe.
Probe has also revealed that the arrested accused persons were conspiring to target government buildings and police establishments with grenades to destabilize the peace and harmony in the state, he said. The DGP said that further investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backwards linkages in this case.
Sharing operation details, AIG CI Ferozepur Gursewak Singh Brar said that following credible human intelligence, teams from CI Ferozepur launched an intelligence operation and arrested suspects, Harpreet Singh alias Preet and Gulshan Singh alias Nandu, from Talwandi Bhai in Ferozepur.
In this regard, a case FIR under section 25 of the Arms Act and sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act has been registered at Police Station SSOC Fazilka.
