Jalandhar, May 27 -- Punjab Police have arrested a close associate of foreign-based terrorist Arsh Dalla and Jindi Mehandipuria, who is a brother of slain terrorist Teja Mehandipuri, from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, said director general of police Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

The operation was jointly conducted by counter-intelligence (CI), Jalandhar, and Hoshiarpur Police with the support of Gujarat Police.

DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused Lavish was acting under the direct instructions of Dalla and was engaged in extortion activities, including firing at targets to intimidate victims.

"The accused has a criminal background with multiple cases about murder, attempted extortion through gunfire, an...