The Punjab police said on Saturday that it had arrested seven terrorists in Ludhiana associated with the terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International, who were allegedly planning to “disturb peace” in the sensitive border State.

“The Ludhiana police, in a joint operation with the counter-intelligence wing, arrested seven members of Babbar Khalsa,” R.N. Dhoke, Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, told presspersons.

“We recovered pistols and cartridges from them. All of [the arrested] were working on the directions of the England-based Surinder Singh Babbar, who is an active member of the terror outfit,” Mr. Dhoke said.

“Surinder was allegedly providing finance and weapons to the accused, who were conspiring to disturb peace and harmony in Punjab,” he said, adding that people writing against Khalistan movement were on the hit list of the arrested.

Those arrested were identified as Onkar Singh, Jagran Singh, Amritpal Singh, Kuldip Singh, Jasbir Singh, Amanpreet Singh and Manpreet Singh. Three of them belonged to Amritsar, Mr. Dhoke said. They planned to hold a meeting when they were arrested.

Babbar was selecting targets through social media, the police said.

(With PTI inputs)