Three pro-Khalistan ultras held in Shamli, planned to kill Badals

Lucknow | Tuesday | 16th October, 2018

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LUCKNOW/MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday busted a module of a pro-Khalistan terror outfit in Shamli district and arrested its three members who were planning to target former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family. "Apart from Jerman, name of his aide, Karma, a resident of Shamli, has also come up. They were planning to bomb Badal rallies in Patiala , Bathinda, Faridkot and elsewhere. "The three accused arrested had hidden the looted arms in a local gurdwara and were planning to shift them to Punjab where Jerman already has a cache of arms," said a top UP police official. We are trying to trace their whereabouts," the official said.In September 2017, Punjab police and UP anti-terrorist squad (ATS) had arrested six suspects who had non-bailable warrants issued against them for their role in jailbreaks in various UP districts..