<p>The Punjab Police have arrested two terrorists and recovered two hand grenades and as many pistols from their possession, an official statement said on Monday.</p>.<p>This comes days after the recovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed in a tiffin box along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9 mm pistol from a village in Amritsar.</p>.<p>The Punjab Police arrested the two “militants” allegedly linked to a UK-based terrorist entity from Amritsar on Sunday night, the statement said.</p>.<p>According to Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta, the duo was allegedly operating on the directions of UK-based terrorist Gurpreet Singh Khalsa alias Gurpreet, and had been tasked with retrieving weapons consignment sent from across the border.</p>.<p>The consignment was most likely delivered in the border area around Attari-Jhabal Road some days ago, he said in a statement.</p>.<p>In view of the large number of intel inputs indicating plans by Pakistan-based ISI and terrorist elements based abroad to carry out an attack in India on or around Independence Day, police had made extensive security arrangements at the borders, he said.</p>.<p>Special security checkpoints were set up and patrolling was intensified round-the-clock, he added.</p>.<p>On the night of August 15, two motorcycle-borne men were stopped by police personnel deployed at a checkpoint near Adda Khalsa. The duo failed to produce valid documents pertaining to the ownership of the vehicle, the DGP said.</p>.<p>The search of pillion Amritpal Singh led to the recovery of one 9 mm pistol, a magazine and seven live cartridges, he said, adding that Sammy, a resident of Sultanwind, Amritsar, was riding the motorcycle.</p>.<p>In total, two hand-grenades, two pistols, four magazines and 20 bullets have been seized, he said.</p>.<p>A case under relevant sections of the Arms Act, and the Explosive Substance (Amendment) Act 2001, has been registered at Gharinda Police Station in Amritsar, said an official spokesperson.</p>.<p>Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had earlier warned of an escalated terror threat to the state from Pakistan-based forces.</p>.<p>The chief minister, who had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi last week, had sought 25 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) along with anti-drone gadgets for the Border Security Force (BSF) for protection from Pak-backed terror forces.</p>
<p>The Punjab Police have arrested two terrorists and recovered two hand grenades and as many pistols from their possession, an official statement said on Monday.</p>.<p>This comes days after the recovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed in a tiffin box along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9 mm pistol from a village in Amritsar.</p>.<p>The Punjab Police arrested the two “militants” allegedly linked to a UK-based terrorist entity from Amritsar on Sunday night, the statement said.</p>.<p>According to Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta, the duo was allegedly operating on the directions of UK-based terrorist Gurpreet Singh Khalsa alias Gurpreet, and had been tasked with retrieving weapons consignment sent from across the border.</p>.<p>The consignment was most likely delivered in the border area around Attari-Jhabal Road some days ago, he said in a statement.</p>.<p>In view of the large number of intel inputs indicating plans by Pakistan-based ISI and terrorist elements based abroad to carry out an attack in India on or around Independence Day, police had made extensive security arrangements at the borders, he said.</p>.<p>Special security checkpoints were set up and patrolling was intensified round-the-clock, he added.</p>.<p>On the night of August 15, two motorcycle-borne men were stopped by police personnel deployed at a checkpoint near Adda Khalsa. The duo failed to produce valid documents pertaining to the ownership of the vehicle, the DGP said.</p>.<p>The search of pillion Amritpal Singh led to the recovery of one 9 mm pistol, a magazine and seven live cartridges, he said, adding that Sammy, a resident of Sultanwind, Amritsar, was riding the motorcycle.</p>.<p>In total, two hand-grenades, two pistols, four magazines and 20 bullets have been seized, he said.</p>.<p>A case under relevant sections of the Arms Act, and the Explosive Substance (Amendment) Act 2001, has been registered at Gharinda Police Station in Amritsar, said an official spokesperson.</p>.<p>Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had earlier warned of an escalated terror threat to the state from Pakistan-based forces.</p>.<p>The chief minister, who had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi last week, had sought 25 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) along with anti-drone gadgets for the Border Security Force (BSF) for protection from Pak-backed terror forces.</p>