Chandigarh: Punjab police on Sunday claimed to have busted yet another Pakistan-ISI backed terror-module being operated by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) being operated by foreign-based Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia and Shamsher alias Honey with the arrest of its five members including mastermind Abhijot Singh involved in lobbing hand-grenade at two police stations in Batala and Gurdaspur.
Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said that by successfully busting this module, Punjab police had solved all the recent incidents of attacks on police establishments in the state.
Other arrested four persons have been identified as Kuljit Singh, Rohit alias Ghessi, Shubham and Gurjinder Singh alias Raja, all residents of Qila Lal Singh in Batala, district Gurdaspur.
Police teams have also recovered two pistols including one sophisticated 9 mm Glock pistol and one .32 bore pistol from their possession, he said.
The development came days after some persons hurled hand grenades at Ghaniae Ke Bangar police station in Batala on December 12 at around 10.20 pm, followed by an attack on the Wadala Bangar police post in Gurdaspur on December 20 at around 9.30 pm.
Terrorist organisation BKI had used social media platforms to claim responsibility for these terror acts using separate social media posts.
DGP Yadav said that the accused Abhijot Singh and Kuljit Singh have sustained bullet injuries in an encounter, when both were taken for the recovery and they attacked police team to evade custody, in response the police acted in self-defense.
5 MEMBERS OF BHAGWANPURIA-BATTH GANG HELD
Meanwhile, the Punjab police also claimed to have nabbed five members of the notorious Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Amritpal Batth Gang leading to recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition from their possession.
DGP Yadav said that those arrested have been identified as Gurmeet Singh of Batala, Harpal Singh of Gurdaspur, Lovepreet, Shamsher and Sandeep Singh, trio of Amritsar district.
Police teams have recovered four weapons including one sophisticated USA-made 9MM Glock pistol, two .32 bore pistols and one country-made pistol along with 15 live cartridges and three magazines, besides, impounding, their Hyundai Creta car.
