The Punjab Police on June 18 busted a terror module and arrested two Khalistani operatives, identified as Gurmeet Singh and Vikram Singh, along with arms and other incriminatory materials near Gurdaspuria Dhaba on G.T. Road under Jandiala Police Station limits in Amritsar District of the State, reports The Tribune. As per the report, acting on a tip-off, an Amritsar rural Police team raided a spot near the said location and arrested the duo.
The Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said the duo was preparing to carry out a series of terror attacks and targeted killings at the behest of their Pakistani mentors and handlers. A German-made MP5 sub-machine gun, a 9-mm pistol with four magazines and two mobile phones with a host of incriminatory conversations, messages, and photographs were recovered from their possession. The mobile phones revealed suspicious transactions with Pakistan-based elements, including photographs, voice messages as well as coordinates of a particular geolocation. Also, a large number of posts and web links connected with the Khalistan movement were found on the mobile phone of Gurmeet Singh, who has been in regular touch with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and anti-India elements sponsored by the Pakistan establishment, the DGP added.
In a separate incident, the Border Security Force (BSF) Personnel recovered eight kilograms of heroin from the Abohar sector along International Border (IB) in Fazilka District of Punjab on June 19, reports United News of India. A spokesperson of the Punjab Frontier’s Head Quarter said the vigilant BSF troops observed movement of mischievous persons ahead of Border Security Fence and challenged them following which they fled towards the Pakistani Territory. During a search of the area, the troops recovered four plastic bottles of the capacity of two litres each containing two kilograms of contraband suspected to be heroin.