Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- Foiling a major terror plot, Chandigarh police caught three persons with a suspected improvised explosive device (IED), explosive materials and a firearm near inter-state bus terminus in Sector 43, Chandigarh, on Sunday evening.

This comes just months after a crude hand grenade was hurled outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party's state headquarters in Sector 37. The city has also been in the thick of heightened gang-linked violence, including daylight shootings, and extortion plots and even murders. Most of the gangs believed to be active in the city and neighbouring areas have been found to have cross-border links.

According to the police, two of the accused are from Tarn Taran while one is from Amritsar. They ...