Chandigarh, May 23 -- In a breakthrough, the Punjab Police claimed to have foiled a major terror conspiracy in the state after arresting two alleged operatives linked to the Lakha gang and recovering two live military-grade hand grenades from their possession in Ludhiana.
The arrests were made during a joint operation conducted by the Ludhiana Commissionerate Police and Counter-Intelligence units against an alleged international criminal syndicate and terror-gangster nexus operating with foreign handlers.
Ludhiana Police Commissioner Swapan Sharma said the network first came under the scanner on May 17, when police intercepted a targeted killing conspiracy near Hardy's World in the Ladoval police station area. During that operation, two a...