In a joint operation done by Uttar Pradesh STF and Punjab Police, an “active terrorist” of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) with alleged links to Pakistan’s ISI was arrested in the early hours of Thursday from Ghaziabad’s Kaushambi area.
The terrorist, Lajar Masih, a resident of Kurlian village in Amritsar’s Ramdas area was nabbed around 3:20 am during the operation carried out in the kokhraj police station area of Kaushambi.
In addition to this, the UP STF also recovered explosives material and illegal arms including three active hand grenades, two active detonators, one foreign-made pistol and 13 cartridges of foreign-make. It was reported that masih had escaped from the judicial custody in punjab on september 24,2024.
BKI terror module busted in Punjab
A key accused involved in hurling explosives in Amritsar’s Jaintipur and Batala’s Raimal was killed in an exchange of fire with the police in Batala last week.
The development came hours after the police busted Pakistan’s ISI-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module with the arrest of its two operatives identified as Mohit of Buddhe di Khui in Batala and Vishal of Basarpura in Batala.
“Punjab Police busts a terror module backed by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI-Pakistan) responsible for attacks in Batala and solves the attack cases in Jaintipur and Raimal carried out on January 15, 2025 and February 17, 2025, respectively (sic),” Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav’s post on X read.
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