Police bust terror plot in Punjab's Moga nabbing 3 with Pak weapons; planning from Canada

In a massive development, a major terror plot was busted in Punjab on Friday. Punjab Police has arrested three people with two hand grenes, two pistols, three magazines and 18 live cartridges in Moga district. accused were trying to target a religious place, sources told Republic.

trio was arrested when police signalled a black pickup van to stop near Chogawan village during search operation. y, however, tried to flee but police were successful in nabbing m. weapons that were seized from accused came from Pakistan, sources said.

Among three, one Gurpreet Sidhu alias Gopi was earlier also involved in Amritsar tiffin bomb case. Meanwhile, after registering a case against accused, y will be presented in court where police will seek ir remand.

Moga SSP said that one pistol and six 9 mm rounds were recovered from Gopi, one 9 mm pistol from Varinder and two grenes from Baljeet Singh. police said that accused wanted to create an atmosphere of fear. 

"y have links with abro handler Arsh Dalla. ir handlers abro pay m to get tasks done. y wanted to target Religious places to create fear among people. attempt to create an anti-national atmosphere was being me from across border," he said.

'H links with Cana-based Arsh Dalla'

SSP Moga said that se people h links with a person named Arsh Dalla who is in Cana. Notably, Arshdeep Dalla's name was also mentioned in letter from Prime Minister's security to Punjab Police. 

"In month of Sept-2021, an associate of Cana based Arshdeep Singh Dalla, Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF)'s chief,  a Moga based activist along with his associates of SFJ (Sikhs For Justice) were apprehended with an IED, grene and weapons, grene and weapons in Bhikhiwind area, Taran Taran on 22.09.2021. se were suspected to be used for targeting VIP or BJP leers. presence of sleeper cells and anti-national elements in area pose a serious threat to VVIP security," letter h said.

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