New Delhi

In its ongoing efforts to stem the spread of criminal-terror nexus in Delhi-NCR from the border state of Punjab, the Counter Intelligence unit of Special Cell in Delhi busted an ISI-backed terror module and arrested four sharpshooters of the Landa Harike - Harvinder Rinda gang on Friday night.

The arrested sharpshooters have been identified as Lakhwinder Singh alias Matru (31 years), Gurjeet alias Guri (21 years), Harmander Singh (26 years), Sukhdev alias Sukha (28 years), and Deepak alias Tinu Haryana.

Tinu Haryana is one of the main accused in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and fled from the custody of Punjab police on the night of October 1-2, 2022.

Earlier in 2017 also, Deepak, who faces several cases including murder and extortion in various states, had escaped from police custody before being arrested from Bengaluru, Karnataka. He belongs to the Lawrence Bishnoi - Goldy Brar alliance.

Punjab Police special cell widening the ambit of searches for the dangerous cargos being dropped at their instance through drones flying over the Indo-Pak border, arrested Deepak Tinu with a portion of the drone-delivered consignment from Pakistan.

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Overall, drone delivered five Chinese HE Grenades, one AK-47, one MP-5, and nine semi-automatic pistols were recovered in the operation.