A day after Punjab Police busted two ISI-backed cross-border terror modules, it was revealed on Wednesday that a sinister plan to attack Delhi's Jantar Mantar during recent student protests was in motion. A member of one of the modules had even travelled to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest site with logistical support and materials to make petrol bombs. They were reportedly tasked with targeting police and uniformed force personnel.
According to Amritsar Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, an ISI-backed handler had sent some members of the terror module to Jantar Mantar during the protest. One of the modules had also been tasked with conducting reconnaissance of security establishments and uniformed personnel and filming videos to share with their handlers, he added.
"The support was arranged by an ISI-backed handler and some members of the terror module had travelled to Jantar Mantar during the protest dharna there. Through their handler, they were provided logistical support and materials for making petrol bombs, but they could not execute their plan and were apprehended recently when the terror modules were busted," Bhullar told news agency PTI.
Punjab Police on Tuesday said they apprehended nine accused, including four juveniles, and recovered arms and ammunition in the operation. Money was being sent to members of the terror modules through hawala and other channels, the Police Commissioner added. The police had recovered three illegal pistols, four petrol bottle bombs, and nine live cartridges from them.
The disclosure comes against the backdrop of a 36-day student protest at Jantar Mantar led by the Cockroach Janta Party over the NEET issue. The CJP had called off its protest soon after the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union Education Minister.
