India, July 8 -- A targeted killing plot was foiled after a key operative of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Himanshu Sood, was arrested by the Jalandhar police's counter-intelligence team, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday.

Sood, a resident of Phagwara in Kapurthala district, was allegedly acting on the directions of Dubai-based Namit Sharma, who is a close aide of Bishnoi, the DGP said.

Police have recovered two pistols (a .30-bore PX3 pistol with four cartridges and a .32 pistol with three cartridges) from him.

"Recently, Himanshu Sood along with his other gang members fired gunshots at a hotelier in Haridwar on the directions of Namit Sharma and was further tasked to eliminate two other targets in Madhya Pra...