Punjab cops bust KLF terror module, ex-soldier amongst 4 held

The Punjab Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a goal killing module allegedly setup by Germany-based radicals related to Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), with the arrest of 4 individuals together with an ex-servicemen who had escaped from Patiala jail earlier this 12 months.
The module was busted by a crew of Khanna police, SSP Gursharandeep Singh Grewal mentioned, including that they arrested Jaspreet Singh alias Noopi, a former Army constable and resident of Ropar.
Noopi’s three accomplices — Jaswinder Singh of Ropar, Gaurav Jain of Sirsa (Haryana) and Prashant Silelan of Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) however at present residing in Dhanas of Chandigarh — had been additionally arrested, he added.
Addressing a press convention, the SSP mentioned that following a tip-off, a police crew flagged a automotive with the three individuals inside at a checkpoint close to Pristine Mall on GT Road. Those within the car opened fireplace on the police celebration in an try to flee.

However, police managed to arrest Jaswinder and Gaurav. During questioning, they recognized the third confederate, who had escaped from checkpoint, as Jaspreet. He was later arrested together with Prashant Silelan.
Police recovered two .32 bore pistols, 4 magazines together with two stay cartridges and one country-made weapon from them. An FIR underneath the sections 379-B, 411, 34, 307, 332, 336 of IPC and 25 of the Arms Act was registered towards the 4 accused at Khanna City-2 police station.
The SSP mentioned that Jaspreet Singh had joined the military in 2012. He was in Patiala jail in reference to a homicide case since 2017 and had escaped from there on April 28 this 12 months together with two others — Harwinder Singh of Amritsar and Inderjit Singh of Kapurthala.

“KLF handlers in Germany were paying Jaspreet and his accomplices for carrying out some targeted killings in Punjab for which they had also held recce. They wanted to kill some influential persons but those names cannot be revealed at this stage,” mentioned SSP.
The SSP mentioned that in interrogation, Jaspreet confessed that he snatched the automotive on June 25 from Zirakpur on gunpoint after which on July 30, he looted Rs 50,000 from a gas filling station in Kharar
Further, he got here involved with overseas radicals related to KLF they usually agreed to finance him in return for goal killings.
Germany-based handler financially aided him by means of numerous digital fee platforms (Western Union, PayTm and many others) and sourced three weapons from Rudrapur of Uttrakhand for the deliberate killings.

Seven FIRs are registered towards Jaspreet (from 2014 to 2021) together with one at Ropar, three in Patiala, two in SAS Nagar (Mohali) and one in Khanna. Another FIR was additionally registered towards Jaswinder Singh at Mataur police station of Mohali underneath the Excise Act in 2019.
An FIR underneath sections 379-B, 506, 34 IPC, 25-54-59 Arms Act was lodged towards the accused at Zirakpur police station within the automotive snatching case.