Lucknow:
Three terrorists accused of lobbing a grenade at a police submit in Punjab’s Gurdaspur have been gunned down in an encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit, sources have stated. The gunfight between the three criminals and a joint crew of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police befell final evening. The cops tried to arrest them, however the criminals opened hearth. The injured criminals — Gurwinder Singh, Virendra Singh and Jasanpreet Singh — died of the accidents, sources have stated. Two rifles of the AK sequence and as many Glock pistols have been recovered from them.
Punjab Police has stated the three are a part of a Pakistan-sponsored module of Khalistan Zindabad Drive. “This terror module is concerned in grenade assaults at police institutions in border areas of Punjab. The encounter has taken place within the jurisdiction of PS Puranpur, Pilibhit, between the joint police groups of Pilibhit & Punjab and the three module members are concerned within the grenade assault on a police submit in Gurdaspur,” Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav stated in a submit on X. “Investigations are in progress to unveil the whole terror module,” he added.
Uttar Pradesh DGP Prashant Kumar instructed NDTV described it as a “daredevil” job and a very good instance of coordination between Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police.
Three police stations in Punjab had been focused inside per week and safety businesses suspect the function of Khalistani terrorists. Whereas Bangar police submit in Gurdaspur was focused on Friday, a blast occurred at Islamabad police station in Amritsar on Tuesday. A blast had additionally taken place outdoors Bakshiwal police submit. additionally in Gurdaspur. Nobody was injured in these explosions.
An unverified submit circulating on social media stated terror outfit Khalistan Zindabad Drive had claimed duty for the blasts.
Based on sources, the terrorists had come to Pilibhit — about 750 km from Gurdaspur — to discover a hideout within the space that has a big Sikh inhabitants. However Uttar Pradesh police have stated they acquired full help of the locals.