Punjab Police arrests one more operative of ISI backed drone-based KTF terror module

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Punjab Police arrests one more operative of ISI backed drone-based KTF terror module

Wednesday, 05 October 2022 | PNS | Chandigarh

Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested one more operative of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) backed drone-based Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) terror module, recovering three hand-grenades and weapons from his car.

 

Sharing details, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday said that the terror module is being operated by Canada-based terrorist-gangster Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dala, who is a close associate of KTF’s Canada-based chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

 

The arrested accused has been identified as Harpreet Singh alias Hira, resident of Jujhar Nagar in Bathinda. Apart from three hand-grenades, the Police have also recovered two pistols including .30 bore and 9mm Bareta along with 60 live cartridges.

 

The development came two days after the arrest of two operatives identified as Veeja Singh alias Gagan alias Gaggu and Ranjodh Singh alias Jyoti of this module from Chamkaur Sahib area. Earlier, the Ferozepur Police had recovered one sophisticated AK-47 assault rifle along with two magazines and 60 live cartridges from the paddy fields of village Arifke in Ferozepur, which was intended to be retrieved by Veeja Singh and Ranjodh Singh.

 

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that following a reliable input from Counter Intelligence Punjab, Moga Police laid a Naka at Kotkapura-Baghapurana road and rounded up the accused Harpreet Hira, who was traveling to Amritsar on his white-colour Hyundai Aura Car bearing registration number PB-03-BF-1462.

 

During preliminary investigations, the accused Harpreet confessed that he was going to deliver the hand grenades and arms consignment on the directions of close-associate of Arsh Dala identified as Amandeep Singh alias Babbu, who is currently lodged in Hoshiarpur Jail.

 

 

Narco-terrorism module busted; One operative held with tiffin bomb, 2 AK-56 rifles

 

Amritsar Rural Police on Tuesday said it has busted an ISI-backed Narco-Terrorism module. Its main operative has been arrested after recovering arms and explosives from his possession, said the state Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.

 

The module is being jointly operated by Canada-based Lakhbir Singh alias Landa, Pakistan-based Harvinder Singh Rinda and Italy-based Harpreet Singh alias Happy, said the DGP Yadav.

 

He said that the arrested accused has been identified as Yograj Singh alias Yog, resident of Rajoke village in Tarn Taran. The Police have also identified five more accomplices, who were part of the module in carrying out illegal activities across Punjab and adjoining states, he added.

 

DGP Yadav said that the police have recovered a one RDX loaded tiffin box fabricated into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or “tiffin bomb”; two sophisticated AK-56 assault rifles along with two magazines and 30 live cartridges; one .30 bore pistol along with 6 live cartridges; and two kg heroin from the accused.

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