India, Nov. 21 -- A day after a gangster-terror module was busted in Ludhiana, police on Friday said that the two accused injured in the encounter were tasked by their Pakistan-based handler, Jasveer, alias Choudhary, to carry out a grenade attack in Punjab.

Addressing the media, Ludhiana commissioner of police Swapan Sharma said that Deepak, alias Deepu, and Ram Lal belonged to Rajasthan and were sent to Ludhiana for two days to coordinate and execute a grenade attack.

"This highlights a dangerous trend wherein Pakistan-based handlers are recruiting criminals from other states to commit terror acts in Punjab so that they can operate by evading police attention and are difficult to identify," Sharma said.

The Ludhiana commissionerate p...