The Punjab Police’s State Special Operations Cell arrested three alleged Khalistani militants from Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) last night.
A police spokesperson said the militants were part of a terror module run by Canada-based Gurjeet Cheema, who had supplied them arms and other logistic support.
Those arrested have been identified as Balkar Singh, Balwinder Singh and Satinder Singh Rawat. They were residing in villages of Gwalior.
The spokesperson said the arrests were made with the help of the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad in follow-up operations after the arrest of Maan Singh of Gurdaspur and Sher Singh of Jalandhar on May 21 by the Punjab Police.
A large consignment of arms and ammunition, sent by the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), had been recovered from them.
The police said the Gwalior module was working on the directions of Lakhbir Singh Rode, Pakistan-based chief of the ISYF.
The police said Cheema, who belongs to Jogi Cheema village in Gurdaspur, was now based in Brampton, Ontario (Canada). His module was allegedly supplying weapons to terror suspects in Punjab.
Three pistols, supplied by the arrested trio, were earlier recovered from Maan Singh, Gurpreet Singh alias Peet and Simarjit Singh alias Nikka.
Meanwhile, Balkar, Balwinder and Satinder were produced before the Duty Magistrate at Ajnala in Amritsar district today. They were remand in police custody till August 16.
