Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Punjab Police Dismantles ISI-Backed Babbar Khalsa Extortion Cell, Arrests Two Associates

A .30 bore pistol was seized in an Amritsar raid that stopped a ransom plot targeting a furniture shop owner’s Canada-based relative.

Senior police officials at the site after Amritsar police commissionerate arrests two associated with a terror and extortion module linked to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative Jeevan Fauji, in Amritsar on Sunday. (ANI)
Image

Overview

  • Punjab Police dismantled an extortion and terror module linked to Babbar Khalsa International operative Jeevan Fauji during a June 1 operation in Amritsar.
  • Karajpreet Singh of Verowal and Gurlal Singh alias Harman of Goindwal Sahib were arrested for carrying out a firing attack intended to coerce ransom payments.
  • Investigators found that the duo fired at a furniture shop to threaten a relative of the owner living in Canada into paying a ransom.
  • While guiding officers to the weapon location, Gurlal Singh opened fire and was shot in the leg after officers returned fire in self-defence.
  • An FIR has been filed and inquiries continue as Punjab Police pursue the network’s remaining members to fully dismantle the ISI-backed cell.