Punjab Police has busted an ISI-backed narco-terror module by arresting five people, including its mastermind. They were also involved in lobbing hand-grenades at two police establishments, recently, in Batala and Gurdaspur. Punjab Police Director General Gaurav Yadav informed that the module was being operated by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and two other foreign-based handlers. He claimed that by busting this module, the state police has solved all the incidents of attacks on police establishments in various districts of Punjab.
“The Batala police has successfully solved two high-profile cases of grenade attacks on the Ghanie ke Bangar Police Station, Batala, and the Wadala Bangar Police Post, Gurdaspur,” Punjab’s director general of police Gaurav Yadav posted on X.
The terror module was busted with the arrest of five people including, mastermind Abhijot Singh, operating on the directions of foreign-based Happy Passian & Shamsher alias Honey, while being in Armenia, he said.
Two of the accused — Abhijot Singh and Kuljit Singh — sustained bullet injuries in retaliatory firing by the police team when they attacked the team to evade custody, Punjab police said in a statement.