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Intelligence agencies warned of ISI plot to foment trouble in Punjab

| | Oct 21, 2015, at 04:03 pm
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IBNS) A fortnight before unrest started over desecration of Sikh holy scriptures, Central intelligence agencies had warned against a possible attempt by Pakistan's intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, to foment trouble in Punjab, media reports say.

According to an NDTV report, a letter sent by a senior state police officer to all district of officers cited the intelligence inputs and advised them to take necessary steps.

The letter - dated October 1 -- talks about inputs from Intelligence Bureau's Amritsar unit about an attempt by the ISI to send group of terrorists trained in Sikh manners and customs to create trouble in the state.

But despite the advance information, Punjab witnessed widespread protests and unrest over desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib, a misdeed still being probed to ascertain who did it and how did it happen. The incident has plunged the  the Akali-BJP government into the worst crisis of its nine-year rule.

On Tuesday, the Punjab police said two men were arrested from Faridkote, the epicenter of the protests. The men, the police said, had been in touch with handlers in Dubai and Australia. The police also claimed that it has "clear and concrete evidence" of foreign funding in the cases.

Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had said external agencies were engineering the unrest.

On Monday, Central forces had been deployed in four cities of the state as Sikh groups and radical outfits had blocked highways, demanding action against those responsible for desecrating scriptures.
The protesters have threatened to continue the blockade till October 25 for three hours every day.
 

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