Chandigarh: Police have foiled a terror plot near the Indo-Pakistan border last Diwali night in Punjab. Punjab Police reportedly recovered a tiffin bomb from fields near the Indo-Pak border and foiled another major conspiracy to attack Diwali. Police have reportedly arrested three persons in this connection. On the other hand, State Director General of Police (DGP) Iqbal Preet Sahota said, "Tiffin bomb was hidden in Ali's village fields.''

On the other hand, the DGP also said, "Ludhiana Rural Police had arrested two persons last Monday in connection with the shelter and providing equipment to Jalalabad bomb blast accused Ranjit Singh alias Gora. The matter is being investigated by the State Investigation Agency (NIA).'' The arrested persons are said to have been identified as Jaswant Singh alias Shinda Baba of Jhugge Nihanga village in Ferozepur district and Balwant Singh of Walipur Khurd village in Ludhiana district. Police have recovered one tiffin bomb, two pen drives and cash worth Rs 1.15 lakh from all.

Talking about the case, the DGP said, "During the investigation of the case, it came to light that the accused had a tiffin bomb which they had hidden in Ali's village farm. Following the revelations, the counterintelligence team of Ferozepur and Ludhiana police and Jagrao CIA launched a search operation in the field on Wednesday and recovered tiffin bombs.'' Further investigation is now underway in the case and more arrests are likely to be made soon.

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