JALANDHAR,
In a breakthrough against Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror network amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Jalandhar has busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module with the arrest of its two operatives and recovered RDX-based improvised explosive device (IED)— weighing nearly 2.5kg— and one remote control from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday. The module was being operated by UK-based handlers Nishan Jaurian and Adesh Jamarai, at the direction of BKI mastermind Harwinder Singh alias Rinda.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurjinder Singh alias Rinku, a resident of village Athwal in Gurdaspur, and Deewan Singh alias Nikku, a resident of Nikko Saran Kalan in Gurdaspur. Police teams have also impounded their black-coloured Hero Splendor motorcycle, which they were riding. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that both the arrested persons were receiving direct instructions from their UK-based operatives, Nishan Jaurian and Adesh Jamarai. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the recovered RDX-based IED was intended for a targeted terror attack, he said.
DGP said that following the reliable inputs, teams from CI Jalandhar launched an Intelligence and Human-Intel based operation and apprehended both the suspects from the Guru Nanakpura area in Jalandhar, when they were going to deliver the consignment to another party. He said that further investigations are on to establish backward and forward linkages in this case, and to identify the persons who were supposed to receive the consignment.Meanwhile, a case under sections 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 18-B, and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act has been registered against the accused at Police Station SSOC, Amritsar.