Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- The Punjab Police on Thursday foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists Harwinder Rinda and Lakhbir Landa after neutralising an improvised explosive device in Tarn Taran district.

Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said teams of the anti-gangster task force (AGTF) had received credible human intelligence about a consignment containing an improvised explosive device (IED), pushed from Pakistan.

AGTF, in close coordination with Tarn Taran Police, launched a combing operation in the district and recovered the IED from the area of Naushera Pannuan in Tarn Taran, before it could reach Rinda and Landa's local associates for potential use in subversive activi...