The Punjab Police has claimed to arrest three Pakistan-trained terrorists on Saturday with 34.5 kg of RDX explosive from Kaunke village in Jagraon. The Inspector General said that Amrik Singh, Daljit Singh & Sarvjit Singh alias Sokhu, all of them hailing from Moga, were working at the instance of one Surjit Singh Mahal of Jalandhar & intelligence agencies across the border. Mahal is now based in Hamburg, Germany.

According to the police officer, the arrests followed information that some terrorists were planning to carry out “seditious & sabotage activities with a view to disturbing public tranquillity”. They confessed to the police that they had visited Pakistan several times & were trained in handling explosives.