Jalandhar, Feb. 25 -- The Counter-Intelligence (CI) unit of Jalandhar has busted a module backed by the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) involved in firing incidents linked to extortion with the arrest of its two key operatives and recovered one .32 bore pistol along with magazines and eight cartridges from their possession, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday. The arrested persons have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh alias Sunny and Rawal, both residents of Kulam village in SBS Nagar. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused persons were acting on the directions of their foreign-based handlers-Gopi Nawashehria, Jassi Kulam, and Sushant Chopra-who are associated with the BKI. As per the probe, the accused allegedly fired gunshots twice at the residence of a travel agent in the Garhshankar area to extort money, he said. Sharing operational details, he said that in an intelligence-led operation, teams from CI, Jalandhar, arrested both the accused linked to the BKI from the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway, near Lidhran underbridge at Suranussi in Jalandhar, and recovered weapons from their possession. The DGP said that further investigation is underway to trace forward and backward linkages and identify other members of this module. More arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days, he added. The FIR has been registered under sections 111 and 61 (2) of the BNS and sections 25 and 25(1-B) (a) of the Arms Act....