India, May 27 -- A suspected Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist was killed when an explosive he was trying to retrieve went off near Naushera village on the Amritsar-Majitha road on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday morning.

After visiting the blast site, deputy inspector general, border range, Satinder Singh said that both the arms of the suspected terrorist were blown away in the explosion and he died on the spot.

A forensic team and bomb disposal squad of Punjab Police reached the spot soon after and investigation is underway.

Police said the suspect had buried the explosive at the site and had turned up around 9.15am to dig it out, but it blew up in the process.

Amritsar Rural senior superintendent of police Maninder S...