AMRITSAR: Amritsar commissionerate police claims to have busted two ISI-backed cross border terror modules with the arrest of nine persons including four juveniles, and recovered three illegal pistols along with nine live cartridges and four petrol bottle bombs.Commissioner police (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said those arrested have been identified as Vansh Kumar, 19, and Anmol Singh alias Sahil, 20, both residents of Patti in Tarn Taran; Harman Singh alias Hammu, 24, and Sukhdev Singh, 30, both residents of village Jhanjoti in Amritsar; resident of Patti, Tarn Taran; Sukhman Singh, 19, a resident of village Joth in Amritsar and four juveniles.Apart from recovering pistols and petrol bottle bombs, police teams have also impounded one stolen motorcycle, which they were using to carry out criminal activities.The preliminary investigation has revealed that arrested accused were acting at the behest of foreign-based ISI handlers, who were attempting to recruit local youth to carry out terror-related activities, conduct surveillance of security installations, procure illegal weapons, and disturb public peace, said Bhullar.He said that police were investigating further to identify the remaining members of the ISI-backed network.In another operation, CP Bhullar said that acting on specific intelligence, police teams conducted a targeted operation and apprehended two juveniles after recovering one .32 bore country-made pistol, two petrol bottle bombs and one lighter from their possession.During sustained interrogation, the arrested accused disclosed that they, along with two of their associates, Sukhman Singh and one Juvenile, had made several attempts to execute the conspiracy, he said, while adding that both associates have also been arrested, and two petrol bombs and one .30 bore pistol were recovered from their possession.
