The BSF and Punjab Police in a joint operation on Sunday claimed to have busted a terror module with links to Canada and Pakistan after arresting two suspected Khalistani terrorists.
The two were arrested from the Indo-Pak border area when they were trying to recover weapons that were earlier smuggled into India from Pakistan, a Punjab Police spokesperson said.
Security forces have seized an AK-47 assault rifle, five hand grenades, a modified machine-pistol (MP), five pistols and over 450 rounds of ammunition of different calibre from the duo, he said.
The spokesman also said:
The spokesman said they were planning to target "enemies of the Panth". They also said during his last two trips to Punjab, Gurjivan had imparted them theoretical training on handling arms, including the AK-47 rifle, he said.
The Punjab Police spokesman added:
During the interrogation, Mann also confessed to having made several visits to Pakistan and being in touch with some Khalistani activists there, he claimed.
The spokesman also said that the arms and ammunition seized during the operation were found buried close to the Indo-Pak border and the suspects had been provided with the coordinates of the spot.
The suspects had reached the border early this morning and were looking for the spot when the BSF personnel apprehended them, he said. According to the spokesman, the suspects are being interrogated and their immigration records are being retrieved to track Gurjivan's movements.
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