BKI Terrorist With ISI Links Held In UP

BKI terrorist Lajar Masih (face covered) in police custody at Kaushambi in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday; and (left) ammo recovered from the accused. ANI

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: A terrorist of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) with alleged links to Pakistan's ISI was arrested from Kaushambi district in the early hours of Thursday in a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh special task force (STF) and Punjab Police, an official said.

The suspected terrorist, Lajar Masih, a resident of Kurlian village in Ramdas area of Amritsar, was nabbed around 3.20 am. The operation was carried out in the Kokhraj police station area of Kaushambi, additional director general of police (UP special task force, law and order) Amitabh Yash said.

"According to information, the arrested terrorist works for Swarn Singh alias Jeevan Fauji, the head of the Germany-based module of Babbar Khalsa International and is in direct touch with Pakistan-based ISI operatives," Yash said.

The police claimed Masih was planning to carry out some major blast during recently concluded Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. The police showed the recovery of three hand grenades, two gelatine rods, two detonators, a USSR-made pistol and its 13 cartridges as well as his forged Aadhaar card prepared on a fake address of Ghaziabad and one mobile phone.