Jalandhar: Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday claimed that Counter Intelligence (CI) Jalandhar has busted a module backed by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), involved in firing incidents linked to extortion, with the arrest of its two key operatives. Police recovered one .32 bore pistol, along with magazines and 8 cartridges, from their possession. Those arrested were identified as Sukhwinder Singh alias Sunny and Rawal, both residents of Kulam in Nawanshahr.The DGP said that a preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused persons acted on the directions of their foreign-based handlers — Gopi Nawashehria, Jassi Kulam, and Sushant Chopra — who were associated with BKI. As per the probe, the accused allegedly fired twice at the residence of a travel agent in the Garhshankar area to extort money, he said. He said that CI Jalandhar teams arrested both the accused from the Jalandhar-Amritsar Highway, and recovered the weapon from their possession. MSID: 128753453 413 |
