Patiala, 28 April (H.S.): Patiala Police has successfully

busted a Pakistan’s ISI backed Pro-Khalistani terror module responsible for

late night attempted detonation at Railway Track near Shambu with the arrest of

four highly radicalised habitual criminals and recovered heavy quantity of

militant hardware from their possession.

Those arrested have been identified as Pardeep

Singh Khalsa of Mansa, Kulwinder Singh alias Bgga of Village Bappiana in Mansa,

Satnam Singh alias Satta of Panjwarh in Taran Tarn and Gurpreet Singh alias

Gopi of Goindwal bypass in Tarn Taran. The arrested accused persons have

various heinous crime cases registered against them.

The recovered military hardware includes

one Hand Grenade, two .30 Bore pistols along with ammunition, technically

sophisticated communication devices to be used in further detonations and

Laptops, with which they used to communicate with their handlers.

During Press briefing, DIG Patiala Range

Kuldeep Chahal and SSP Patiala Varun Sharma told media persons that a Terror

Module responsible for late night attempted detonation at Railway Track got

unearthed within a record span of 12 hours.They said that arrested

accused Pardeep Singh Khalsa was the main kingpin of the module and was in

close proximity with Malaysia based Pro-Khalistani terrorist as well as in

close contact with Pakistan Based arms suppliers.

Accused Pardeep Singh Khalsa used to send

radicalised youth to Malaysia for undergoing terror training and then assign

them with the tasks of terror activities, they said, while adding that the

accused has also made a radical organisation by the name of “Chalda Vaheer

Chakarwarti, Attariye”.

DIG Kuldeep Chahal and SSP Varun Sharma

said that during initial interrogation, it also came to light that the arrested

accused persons have conducted a low-intensity IED blast at Main Line of Shambu

Railway Station. Probe has revealed that the arrested accused persons were

planning to execute further of attacks on Public infrastructure and Properties,

they said.

In this regard, a case under section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

and sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Act, section 25 of the Arms Act and

sections 13, 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Acts (UAPA)

at Police Station Kotwali in Patiala.

Hindusthan Samachar / GURSHARAN SINGH