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| 'Militants trying to revive terrorism in Punjab' | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 6
Three Sikh bodies have formed a base in the region in a bid to launch terror attacks in Punjab, police said on Friday.
Three militants belonging to them were recently arrested. During interrogation, they said about 40 terrorists have formed three outfits - Khalistan Zindabad Force, Panj Pardhani Group and Iknoor Khalsa Fauj - with their base in Barnala.
Police got hold of Malikeet Singh, Surjeet Singh and Harbans Singh on Jammu-Akhnoor-Poonch highway and recovered one AK rifle, five pistols and some ammunition.
Police sources said that the Panj Pardhani Group was formed after Malkeet Singh was released from a Patiala jail in January after 10 months. Some of the group members were earlier affiliated with Khalsa Dal.
They were reportedly in touch with some militants in Pakistan. Sources said chief of the so-called Khalistan Zindabad Force Ranjeet Singh Neeta, who has links with intelligence agency ISI, agreed to send them weapons.
Neeta hails from Jammu and has been operating from Pakistan for over a decade.
Punjab Police is also on alert. Two teams from Ludhiana and Barnala are here to join interrogation of three arrested militants. |
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