4 terror suspects nabbed in Haryana's Karnal; large cache of explosives seized

Karnal (Haryana), May 5: Haryana Police on Thursday arrested four terror suspects following the inputs from the Punjab Police. The police also discovered a large cache of explosives. The suspects have been identified as Gurpreet, Amandeep, Parminder, and Bhupinder from Punjab. According to reports, four terror suspects were detained by Karnal police on Thursday while travelling in a Toyota Innova SUV from the Bastara toll plaza in this district. The police have seized three IEDs packed in a metallic case (2.5 kg each) and one pistol along with 21 live cartridges. According to security personnel, the weapon consignment had been delivered to them via drones. “The weapons were air-dropped using a drone by Khalistani terrorist Harjinder Singh Zinda from Pakistan in Ferozepur district,” an official informed the media. Also Read: Heatwave to commence in northwest India from May 6: IMD Talking about the incident, SP Karnal said, "on credible intelligence input, 4 terror suspects including three belonging to Ferozepur and one from Ludhiana detained near Bastara toll plaza." "Explosives were recovered from them along with other arms and ammunition. Accused identified as Gurpreet, Amandeep Parminder and Bhupinder," he added. "The accused were in touch with a Pak-based man who asked them to drop arms & ammunition at Adilabad, Telangana. Accused Gurpreet received explosives sent from across the border using a drone in Ferozepur dist. Earlier, they dropped explosives at Nanded. FIR registered," informed SP Karnal. Giving details, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab VK Bhawra stated that Central Agency earlier shared input that some suspects, who may be carrying explosive material and weapons are moving in the border districts of Fazilka and Ferozepur. After receiving the information, police teams led by Commandant PAP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh and SHO SSOC Fazilka Satinderdeep Singh Brar along with teams from Central Agency were on a manhunt on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday to nab these suspects, the DGP said. He further added that these teams had jointly identified suspected locations in the districts of Ferozepur, Fazilka, Faridkot and SAS Nagar. DGP Bhawra further said that the suspects were found to be moving in the area of Ferozepur and later they started moving in a White Innova vehicle DL1VB7869 towards Ludhiana. “The suspects then took the National Highway and started moving towards Ambala, when Punjab Police shared the development with Haryana Police, which managed to intercept the vehicle in Karnal and arrest the accused persons with the IEDs,” he added. During their preliminary interrogation, the suspects revealed that they were working for Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, a Pakistani gangster-turned-terrorist. Rinda, a prominent gangster operating in Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Haryana, is wanted by the Punjab Police for heinous crimes such as murder, contract killing, robbery, extortion and abduction. Also Read: Tata Technologies offers to set up EV production centre in Punjab -PTC News