Two hand grenades, three pistols recovered from Amritsar

The Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation with Punjab police has confiscated two hand grenades, three pistols, six magazines along with 55 live cartridges here. The seizure happened in the Bharopal border village in Amritsar on Wednesday late evening.

With this, the BSF authorities claimed to have foiled a major suspected terror attack.

“Acting on credible information from the BSF Intelligence wing, a joint search operation was launched last evening near village Bharopal, leading to the recovery of two hand grenades, three pistols with six magazines and 50 live rounds,” said BSF authorities, adding that the recovered arms and ammunition have been handed over to the Police for further necessary action.

A spokesperson said that the BSF has been fully prepared and is on high alert, which has thwarted attempts of cross border terror syndicates to sneak in arms and ammunition to stoke violence and anti-national activities in India.

“The swift and coordinated action with Punjab Police has prevented a possible major terror incident and reaffirmed its commitment to national security and protection of citizens,” he said.

The recovery was made a day after the Punjab Police held five operatives of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and recovered a hand grenade besides a pistol from them. According to police, the hand grenade and pistol were smuggled from the Ajnala sector. The grenade was meant to target police establishments.

Amritsar