Punjab Police claim to foil major terror module with arrest of 3 persons

Aman Sood
Tribune News Service
Patiala, June 29

The Punjab Police on Monday claimed to have foiled a major terror module with the arrest of Amritpal Singh of Mansa who along with two others has been arrested.

The police have recovered weapons from the three alleged terrorists. Senior officials confirm that the terrorists were funded by Khalistani ideologies and were to strike against particular persons in Punjab.

While senior officials remain tight lipped about the arrest, sources confirm that the module was targeting prime targets in the coming month.

“We had some inputs from our Delhi counterparts and therefore the terrorists were apprehended in a special operation by Patiala police,” said a senior police officer.

A senior officer confirmed that the police arrested Amritpal Singh of Mansa for trying to train and carry out some terrorist activity in Punjab.

“His arrest has helped us to foil a different self-styled module that was active in a few states of India,” said a top cop

Sources say that two of the associates of Amritpal are yet to be arrested as they got to know of his arrest and managed to go underground.

“This is a vital arrest ahead of the 2020 referendum, confirmed a senior official.

A top cop confirmed that the arrested terrorists had planned to send some recruits to Pakistan for weapon training “but they could not be sent due to lockdown”.

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