Chandigarh, Dec 14: The punjab police on Saturday claimed to have arrest three members of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) module in connection with a hand grenade attack at a police post in Nawanshahr in Punjab.
The accused were identified as Yugpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh and Harjot Singh.
Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that the police teams have also recovered two weapons including one country-made pistol and one revolver, along with six cartridges from their possession of accussed.
The development comes less than two weeks after some miscreants targetted the police post at Asron by hurling a hand grenade on its premises on December 2.
DGP Yadav said the accused are the members of the KZF module controlled by handlers based in Germany, Britain and other countries and were tasked to target police establishments and minority leaders in Punjab and Haryana. The module has received funding of Rs 4.5 lakh in six months.
He also sais that the preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested people had retrieved a hand grenade from a dead letter box (DLB) located in Jalandhar on November 28 and hurled it at the police post on December 2.
Sharing operation details, Assistant Inspector General (Jalandhar) Navjot Singh Mahal said that a team of CI Jalandhar along with SBS Nagar Police laid a checkpoint near the railway crossing in SBS Nagar city and arrested the accused when they were coming on a motorcycle. Police teams have also impounded their motorcycle, he added.
“The further investigations are underway to identify and arrest other members of this terror module,” officials said.