The Punjab Police on Monday busted a terror module after an encounter in Amritsar in which three suspected terrorists were arrested. Reportedly two policemen have also been injured in the encounter and have been hospitalised.
The arrested suspects were planning to carry out terrorist activities but were taken into custody before that. The police have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from them and are interrogating the three accused to unravel the conspiracies.
The three accused have been identified as Lovepreet, Karandeep and Buta Singh, all residents of Amritsar Rural. The police said that they were involved in the terror racket for money.
Among the weapons recovered were one AK-47, a few rounds, a pistol of 0.3 bore and one of 0.32 bore with cartridges, an official said.
Speaking on the encounter, Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said, "Police Commissionerate Amritsar has achieved huge success. We have busted a terror module and arrested three people."
"We are investigating their arms and ammunition and how they reached them. We are also deeply investigating the entire network of finances, suppliers, and drones... I congratulate my team for successfully carrying out the operation. One of the accused tried to fire at our ASI when he was being brought here. Our team retaliated resulting in injuries to Lovepreet and Buta Singh." Bhullar added.