Chandigarh, Dec 16 || Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Mohali Police, arrested four operatives of Canada-based terrorist Arsh Dalla and another foreign based-handler and recovered three .32 calibre pistols along with 16 cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP), Gaurav Yadav, here on Monday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gagandeep Singh and Navjot Singh, both residents of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib, Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of Bhadson in Patiala and Vipanpreet Singh, a resident of Faridkot.
Besides recovering arms and ammunition from them, the police have also impounded their white Swift car, in which they were travelling.
DGP Yadav said the accused confessed to have fired at a car accessories showroom in Phase 11, Mohali on the intervening night of December 1 and 2 with an intention to intimidate the shop owner and extort money from him as directed by their foreign-based handler, Daljit Singh, alias Ninda.
He is a history-sheeter and fled to the US on a passport with fake particulars and is associated with a radicalised US-based gangster.
The DGP said the module was linked to radical Arsh Dalla and was planning to execute more crimes in Punjab at his behest.