IED event in Punjab, Buh Gujran area, India on Fri 23rd September 2022

The Punjab Police, on September 23, claimed to have busted an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh alias Rinda with the arrest of its two operatives, identified as Baljit Singh Malhi (25) and Gurbaksh Singh alias Gora Sandhu, from Ferozepur District of Punjab, reports The Hindu. Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said the two were considered to be close aides, who had joined hands with Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), and they had ties with the ISI. Landa had played a key role in conspiring the rocket propelled grenade (RPG) terror attack at the Punjab Police Intelligence headquarters in Mohali and had also planted an IED beneath Sub-Inspector Dilbag Singh’s car in Amritsar. The Police teams also recovered one AK-56 assault rifle along with two magazines, 90 live cartridges and two bullet shells from a location pinpointed by Gurbaksh from his village Buh Gujran in Ferozepur District. The Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) on September 22 under various sections the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 25 of the Arms Act at state special operation cell (SSOC) at Amritsar.