Terror module busted, 1 held

Sangrur, October 19

The Sangrur police busted a foreign-funded terror module with the arrest of Lakhveer Singh, alias Lakha, and recovered arms and ammunition on Monday night from Lehra subdivision of the district.

DGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota said Lakha worked as a mason in the Lehra area and was allegedly motivated by pro-Khalistani elements based abroad to carry out target killings in the state and to carry out attacks on religious places of various sects. “Lakha is a highly radicalised and motivated individual. He was lured by cash from pro-Khalistani elements based abroad,” said the DGP.

Sangrur SSP Swapan Sharma said investigations had revealed that various digital platforms were being used for money transactions in terror funding cases. He said Lakha received three installments of Rs 45,000 each, deposited in his account from New Delhi, Moga and Khanna. “The police, while tracing these transactions, identified two individuals — one from Canada and the other from Poland. The persons involved in depositing cash in Lakha’s account have been identified and investigations are on. Lakha was arrested last night and our team seized a pistol and four live cartridges,” said SSP Sharma. He said another accused Sukhjit Singh provided pistol and ammunition to Lakha. “Sukhjit was also involved in illegal arms smuggling from UP. Our raids are on to arrest him,” the SSP added. — TNS