Cross-border terror plot foiled, 10 held
The Amritsar Police Commissionerate announced the arrest of 10 individuals, including four operatives backed by Pakistan-based terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda, US-based gangster Harpreet Singh alia Happy Pashia, Jeevan Fauji and Jashanpreet Singh.
The police seized a hand grenade, two .30 bore pistols, one .32 bore pistol and a drone.
The arrested operatives of the Rinda-Pashia group were identified as Ajranpreet Singh of Awan village, Lovepreet Singh of Perhewal village, Basant Singh and Amanpreet Singh, both residents of Baba Bakala area.
The other six arrested handlers were used to provide logistical support to the network. They were Barinderpal Singh alias Mani, Rajbir Singh alias Raju, both residents of Katle village, along with Vishvas Masih alias Bhabbo of Bhaganpura, Dilpreet Singh alias Manna, Harjot Kumar alias Mithu and Joyal Masih alias Rohan.
Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said it was an intelligence based operation that led to the arrest of 10 persons from Amritsar, Batala and other areas. The hand grenade and weapons were seized from Khana Chamara village in Dera Baba Nanak, Awan village in Ramdas and Vallah village in Amritsar.
He said Basant Singh and Amanpreet Singh alias Aman had attacked a police constable’s residence in Batala on November 28. However, the attack was foiled as the perpetrators could not fire due to malfunctioning of their pistol.
He said Basant Singh had an attempt to murder case against him registered at Beas police station, while Lovepreet had two cases of murder bid and suicide against him. Amanpreet Singh also had two criminal cases registered against him. “The module was active in the Majha region and more operatives have been identified. Manhunt was launched to nab them,” said the Police Commissioner.
The police registered a FIR under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against the miscreants along with other relevant sections of the BNS Act and the Arms Act.
