Seven terrorists belonging to the militant group Babbar Khalsa International have been arrested in Ludhiana in a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the counter intelligence team.
The police also recovered 3 pistols and 33 cartridges from their possession.
According to the Ludhiana Police Commissioner, these terrorists were in contact with Surinder Singh Babbar, a terrorist based out of England, through Facebook and were being funded by him.
The Ludhiana top cop added that these terrorists had plans to target people who were writing against the Khalistan movement, but due to the police’s timely intervention, their designs were
Earlier this month, the Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorist squad (ATS) had arrested two Babbar Khalsa terrorists from Lakhimpur Kheri district .
The Babbar Khalsa International, also called Babbar Khalsa, is a banned terrorist organisation in India. It has been designated as an international terrorist organisation and proscribed also in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
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