Punjab: ISI-Backed Terror Network Busted; RPGs, IEDs, Hand Grenades Seized In SBS Nagar

Chandigarh: Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a Pakistan’s ISI-backed cross-border terror network by recovering, in a joint operation with a central agency, a cache of terrorist hardware from a secluded area in SBS Nagar.

Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said that the recovered terrorist hardware includes two Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), five P-86 hand grenades and one wireless communication set with accessories.

DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the recovered consignment was deliberately concealed by operatives as part of a plan to disrupt public order in the state. Probe has also indicated efforts by Pakistan’s ISI and allied terror outfits, to revive sleeper cells in the state, he said.

The development came close on the heels of recent recovery of a consignment comprising IEDs, hand grenades, sophisticated weapons, and ammunition from an area near the Indo-Pak border in the Ajnala Sector in Amritsar. Similarly, three weeks back, Counter Intelligence Jalandhar had also busted a terror module with the arrest of four individuals after recovering one RPG, two IEDs, 2kg RDX, one remote control, two hand grenades with detonators, three pistols along with six magazines and 34 cartridges.