Punjab Police arrests two Babbar Khalsa International operatives
Babbar Khalsa International
(BKI) operative
Harwinder Singh Rinda
with the arrest of two persons.
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The accused, who are also BKI operatives, were actively conspiring to target government establishments using grenades, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said.
"Acting on specific intelligence inputs,
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, #Ferozepur successfully foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Harwinder Rinda, a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative based in #Pakistan and backed by Pakistan's ISI and apprehends two operatives of BKI, working under the directions of #UK, # USA, #Europe based handlers," Yadav said on X.
Police recovered two hand grenades and one Beretta 9mm pistol with live cartridges from the accused, he said.
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