Chandigarh

Punjab Police on Thursday said they have recovered 2.5 Kg RDX, one detonator, codex wire, five explosive fuses along with wires, 12 live cartridges of AK-47 assault rifle in Gurdaspur.

The recoveries came on the heels of the police busting a terror module backed by the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) group.

The recovery was made on the disclosure statement of accused Amandeep Kumar alias Mantri of village Lakhanpal in Gurdaspur, who is the prime accused in the two recent incidents of grenade attacks in Pathankot, Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP) VK Bhawra.

Amandeep alias Mantri was among the six operatives of ISYF arrested by the SBS Nagar Police on Monday, who confessed to having carried out two grenade attacks in Pathankot including at Pathankot Army Camp. The police had also recovered six hand-grenades, one pistol (9mm), one rifle (.30 bore) along with live bullets and magazines from their possession.

Senior Superintendent of Police, SBS Nagar, Kanwardeep Kaur said that following revelations of Amandeep, police teams were immediately sent to Gurdaspur district and recovered the explosive material, which according to Amandeep was to be used in assembling of IEDs.

Kanwardeep Kaur said that the consignment was provided by the self-proclaimed Chief of ISYF (Rode) Lakhbir Singh Rode, presently residing in Pakistan, to Amandeep through his associate and handler of this terror module, Sukhpreet Singh alias Sukh of village Kharal in Dinanagar.

Last summer, Lakhbir Rode had tried to set in operation a series of terror modules through his network in Punjab and other countries. Police said that he has pushed a  large number of militant hardware including RDX, tiffin IEDs, associated explosive material for assembling IEDs, hand grenades, firearms, and also narcotics from across the International border mainly via drones and using his network of cross border smugglers.