BSF, Punjab Police bust terror module with Canada-Pakistan links

Chandigarh May 21 (IANS) In a joint operation the Boder Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police on Sunday busted a terror module with links to Canada and Pakistan.

Two terrorists who according to police were planning to target enemies of the Panth were arrested with a large cache of weapons and ammunition.

Among the weapons seized by the security forces were an AK-47 assault rifle five hand grenades a modified machine-pistol five pistols and over 450 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres from the duo.

The two suspected terrorists were arrested from India-Pakistan border area while trying to recover the weapons pushed into the Indian territory from Pakistan side.

The duo was identified as Mann Singh 40 from Sri Hargobindpur (Gurdaspur) and Sher Singh 28 from Kartarpur (Jalandhar).

--IANS
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