Chandigarh. After busting a terror module run by Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda, the Punjab Police on Friday arrested two more of his accomplices from Ferozepur. The arrested people have been identified as Akashdeep alias Akash, a resident of Ferozepur and Jashanpreet Singh alias Jas, a resident of Faridkot.
Firozpur SSP Charanjit Singh told the media that Punjab Police is conducting raids to nab other members of the module on the disclosure of the four accused arrested from a toll plaza near Karnal in Haryana on Thursday.
He said that the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Fazilka along with the district police of Ferozepur arrested these two operatives when they were trying to escape in a Mahindra Scorpio car after the arrest of four of their accomplices in Karnal. .
The four men, arrested by Haryana Police on Thursday, have been identified as Gurpreet Singh, Amandeep Singh and Parminder Singh of Ferozepur and Bhupinder Singh of Ludhiana. Police recovered three IEDs packed in a metal case (2.5 kg each) and a pistol from their possession.
The SSP said that the police have also brought gangster Rajveer Singh alias Raja, who introduced Gurpreet to Rinda, from Bathinda jail on production warrant. Raja is a staunch criminal with dozens of cases registered against him.
Singh said preliminary investigation revealed that both the henchmen arrested on Friday were directly linked to the module busted in Karnal, adding that they had received several consignments sent by ISI and Pakistan-based pro-Khalistan terrorist groups And they were carried forward at the behest of Rinda.
According to Singh, Akashdeep revealed that Rinda had sent a consignment of explosives using a drone, which she had received along with Gurpreet to her grandmother’s village.
Meanwhile, a fresh case under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act and Arms Act has been registered against these accused at Firozpur Cantonment police station.
—AnyTV News
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