Mohali, Nov. 27 -- The Anti-Gangster Task Force of Punjab Police, along with Mohali police, foiled a major terror plot with the arrest of four members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang after an encounter on the Dera Bassi-Ambala highway.

Two of the accused were injured in a shootout near Steel Strips Towers on Wednesday after they opened fire at the cops in a bid to escape.

A total of seven .32-calibre pistols and 70 live cartridges were recovered from the accused, identified as Harvinder Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Mohammad Samir and Rohit Sharma, all hailing from Rajpura, Patiala.

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said, "Preliminary probe has revealed that the arrested persons were acting on the instructions of their foreign-based handler and were pla...