Terror module busted in Punjab, nine held

Chandigarh : The Punjab Police today busted an alleged terror module involving nine persons, including a woman alleged to be a drug smuggler, a retired District Education Officer’s son and a 17-year-old boy, allegedly radicalised through the Internet.A police spokesperson said they had formed a group, “Khalistan Zindabad”, and were planning to raise a new militant outfit, “Jatha Veer Khalsa”, on the anniversary of Operation Bluestar. They planned to kill senior leaders, including Congress’ Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, both accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.The outfit was to act as a front for banned terror group Babbar Khalsa International, and was allegedly being financed by Khalistan sympathisers in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UK. The police have recovered 25 letterheads of the BKI and four weapons. The module points towards the emergence of narco-terrorism in the state, wherein Pakistan’s ISI is using drug smugglers or addicts for terror activities.While Amritpal Kaur and Harbarinder Singh were the key members, the minor from Barnala would source weapons from Bihar. “All nine had no previous record of being sympathisers of Khalistan,”said a police official. While two were arrested from Mohali yesterday, two more were arrested from Ludhiana and Gurdaspur today. The remaining five were captured on May 26 in the Bathinda region.Harbarinder of Amritsar, currently living in Sector 44, Chandigarh, was arrested from the Mohali bus stand. He is the son of a retired DEO. Amritpal Kaur, alias Amrit, of Salem Tabri, Ludhiana, was also arrested from the Mohali bus stand.

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