Two days after arresting two militants, the Punjab Police on Tuesday recovered another cache of hand grenades and arms and ammunition concealed by them near Suchetgarh village in Batala district.
Notably, the Amritsar Rural Police on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, had arrested two militants identified as Amritpal Singh and Sammy, both residents of Amritsar after recovering two hand-grenades, one pistol (9mm), along with live bullets and magazines from their possession.
DGP Dinkar Gupta said that following the disclosures of the accused persons, police team has recovered four more hand-grenades, besides, three pistols (9 mm), six magazines, and 30 live rounds from the spot. The preliminary investigations indicated that the recovered arms and ammunition were to be used to disrupt the peace and harmony and create a sense of terror in the state of Punjab, he added.