5 members of Babbar Khalsa International terror module linked to gangster Jiwan Fauji held
Amritsar: The commissionerate police here have arrested five members of a Pak-ISI-backed
Babbar Khalsa International
(BKI)
terror module
linked to foreign-based gangster
Jiwan Fauji
.
The arrested accused have been identified as Naresh Kumar alias Babbu of Haripura, Abhinav Bhagat alias Abhi, Ajay Kumar alias Ajju, and Sunny Kumar, all residents of Haripura in Amritsar, and a 17-year-old boy, director general of police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, informed on Wednesday.
Police teams also recovered one hand grenade and one pistol along with five live cartridges from their possession.
The DGP said gangster Jiwan Fauji, currently living abroad, was operating a terror module with the help of the arrested accused persons. He said the arrested persons were actively plotting to target police establishments with grenades.
Further investigations are going on to establish forward and backward linkages in the case, Yadav added.
Sharing more details, commissioner of police, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said during a follow-up recovery operation, Ajay Kumar attempted to escape by snatching a service weapon and opening fire at the police team.
Ajay sustained injuries in his leg during retaliatory fire and is undergoing treatment at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar, Bhullar added.
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