Chandigarh: High alert was sounded in Punjab on Wednesday following the arrest of four more members of the ISI-backed terrorist module. The module was involved in an IED blast in the state’s Amritsar district last month. Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is the intelligence agency of Pakistan.

CM Amarinder Singh issued high alert

According to a statement issued by the government here, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered a high alert to be issued in the state. Police said this is the fourth case of a Pakistani terrorist module busted in the state in the last 40 days.

Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said in a statement issued here on Wednesday that Qasim, a Pakistani terrorist and Pakistani intelligence officer, has been identified and his name is registered in the Amritsar blast case. They are included in the same module.

Four more members of the terrorist module were arrested on Tuesday

He said that Pakistan-based International Sikh Youth Federation chief Lakhbir Singh Rode and Lakhbir Singh also have a hand in the terrorist module. Both are residents of Rode in Moga district of Punjab and currently live in Pakistan. Police said those arrested on Tuesday have been identified as Rubal Singh, Vicky Bhutti, Malkit Singh and Gurpreet Singh. Earlier on August 20, the Kapurthala police arrested one of his associates, Gurmukh Singh.

Taking serious note of the increasing efforts by terrorist groups to disrupt peace in the state, the Chief Minister has directed the police to be on high alert, especially with regard to the reopening of schools and educational institutions, ahead of upcoming festivals and next year. In view of the upcoming assembly elections, he has been asked to be cautious. Amarinder Singh has directed the DJP to make high-level security arrangements at crowded places and markets and sensitive places of the state.