The Punjab Police Intelligence on Wednesday said it has averted terror attacks, aimed at disturbing the state’s communal harmony, during the Ghalughara week, with the arrest of two members of a ISI backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module.
A police spokesperson identified the duo as Jagdev Singh and Ravinderpal Singh, who were allegedly making arrangements besides providing funds and weapons to sleeper cells on the directives of one Kulwinderjit alias Khanpuriya, who is currently in Malaysia.
The spokesperson said the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Amritsar, had received a specific input that BKI operate Kulwinderjit Singh along with his associates, had planned to target leaders of a specific community to spread terror and disturb communal harmony in the state.
A case under relevant sections has been registered at Police Station State Special Operations Cell, Amritsar.
Police said Kulwinderjit Singh Khanpuriya, the alleged mastermind, has been involved in many terrorist activities in past and had shifted to Malaysia in January 2019 along with his family, on a tourist visa and intentionally stayed back to plan and coordinate terror activities with his associates abroad and in India.
The spokesman added that investigations are on to unravel this entire terror network.
