Haryana Police on Thursday arrested 4 suspected Khalistani terrorists and recovered an enormous cache of arms and ammunition from them, reported information company ANI. The suspects had been allegedly transporting explosives and arms from Punjab when their automobile was intercepted at a toll plaza in Karnal by the police.
The 4 had been arrested primarily based on intelligence inputs by the central forces, the police mentioned, including that they’ve hyperlinks with Pakistan’s espionage company Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI.
“On credible intelligence input, four terror suspects including three belonging to Ferozepur and one from Ludhiana detained near Bastara toll plaza. Explosives were recovered from them along with other arms and ammunition. Accused have been identified as Gurpreet, Amandeep Parminder and Bhupinder,” ANI quoted SP Karnal as saying.
All 4 are mentioned to be shut associates of Pakistan-based gangster-turned-BKI operative Harvinder Singh ‘Rinda’ who was working the Ferozepur-based terror cum weapons/explosives smuggling module.
Four members of the module, together with its native kingpin Gurpreet Singh aka Gurtez aka Arman, had been arrested from Karnal on Thursday morning within the joint interstate operation of the IB in shut coordination with Telangana, Punjab and Haryana Police.
“The accused were in touch with a Pak-based man who asked them to drop arms and ammunition at Adilabad, Telangana. Accused Gurpreet received explosives sent from across the border using a drone in Ferozepur district. Earlier, they dropped explosives at Nanded. FIR registered,” SP Karnal added.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar mentioned {that a} thorough investigation is being carried out by the police. “The accused were caught with explosives as they were transiting via Haryana. Police are conducting a thorough investigation,” he mentioned.
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