Chandigarh, Oct 14: Punjab Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror module a
with the arrest of two residents of Jammu and Kashmir along with arms, ammunition and explosives.
The seizures include two improvised explosive devices, two hand grenades, a pistol, two magazines, 24 cartridges, a timer switch, eight detonators and four batteries were seized from them, it said.
The operation was conducted by the State Special Operation Cell-Amritsar police along with a central agency, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said.
“In a major breakthrough, State Special Operation Cell -Amritsar in a joint operation with a central agency busted a LeT module and arrested two persons who are residents of Jammu and Kashmir,” the Punjab Police chief posted on X.
Yadav said the terror module was handled by one Firdaus Ahmed Bhat, an active member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba and described the arrests as a “major blow to terror module attempting to disturb peace in Punjab”. (With inputs from agencies)