AMRITSAR : The State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) claims to have busted a terrorist recruitment, funding, and aiding module with the arrest of Pak-based terrorist Lakhbir Rodes close associate identified as Paramjit Singh alias Punjab Singh alias Dhadi from Amritsars Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport.Giving details, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav informed on Tuesday that Paramjit, a British citizen and a founder member of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), was allegedly involved in terror activities in Punjab in the early 90s and was later arrested in 2003. He was convicted in cases regarding terrorist activities. After completion of his sentence, the alleged accused returned to the UK, but continued his activities in ISYF by working as a motivator, recruiter, and fundraiser for the organisation in the UK and other European countries.Rode had reportedly died of a heart attack in Pakistan on Monday.Yadav informed that in 2021, Dhadis name had figured for his alleged involvement in reorganising of ISYF cadre in Punjab by arranging and providing funds and militant hardware to target specific persons for disrupting peace and harmony in the state. Following Dhadis involvement in terror funding and other subversive activities in Punjab, an LOC was issued to ensure his arrest, he said adding that the investigation was on to unearth and expose the whole terrorist network.Sharing more details, AIG SSOC, Amritsar, Sukhminder Singh Mann said that Dhadi was detained by immigration authorities at the international airport in Amritsar on Monday, while he was going to board a plane to the UK on a British passport in the name of Punjab Singh. He said that during preliminary investigations, it came to light that Dhadi was regularly in touch with Lakhbir Singh Rode and was a frequent visitor to Pakistan . He used to identify and handpick youth using social media platforms to motivate them to be part of terrorist activities, alleged the AIG. Mann informed that Paramjit was arrested under sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 18-B and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosives Act, section 25 of the Arms Act, sections 21, 25, 27-A and 29 of the NDPS Act and sections 120, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and a case had been registered at police station SSOC Amritsar

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