NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested a key Khalistani operative in connection with the 2022 Khalistani terror conspiracy case.
The Khalistani operative, Kashmir Singh Galwaddi from Punjab's Ludhiana, is associated with foreign-based Babbar Khalsa terrorist Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda, news agency PTI quoted NIA officials as saying.
Galwaddi was arrested from Motihari, Bihar, in coordination with the local police. As per NIA, he is a "hardened criminal" and is among six people who had escaped from a jail in Punjab's Nabha in 2016.
The anti-terror agency further said that since breaking out of the Nabha jail, Kashmir Singh had been "actively associated" with designated Khalistani terrorists, including Rinda. The former was a proclaimed offender in the NIA case for his role relating to involvement in conspiracy, providing shelter, logistics support and terror funds to aides of the Khalistani terrorists.
These aides had escaped to Nepal after carrying out various terror activities in India, including the rocket-propelled grenade attack at the Punjab Police Intelligence headquarters in Mohali in May 2022.
An NIA Special Court in Delhi had declared Kashmir Singh a proclaimed offender in the 2022 terror conspiracy case and issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him over the past two years.
A cash reward of Rs 10 lakh was also announced by the NIA for information leading to his arrest.
2022 Khalistan terror conspiracy case
In August 2022, the NIA had registered the terror conspiracy case suo moto to probe the terrorist activities of the heads and members of proscribed terrorist organisations such as Babbar Khalsa, Khalistan Liberation Force and International Sikh Youth Federation, among others.
The investigations had exposed a terror-criminal nexus, suggesting that these groups, along with organised criminal gangs, were engaged in smuggling terrorist hardware such as arms, ammunition explosive, IEDs etc. from across the border for terror activities in various parts of the country.
In July 2023, the anti-terror agency chargesheeted nine accused, including Sandhu and another Khalistani terrorist. Lakhbir Singh alias Landa, in the terror case followed by two supplementary chargesheets against six others.
In August 2024, the NIA successfully secured the extradition of Landa's brother Tarsem Singh from the UAE and filed a third supplementary chargesheet against him in December.
The Khalistani operative, Kashmir Singh Galwaddi from Punjab's Ludhiana, is associated with foreign-based Babbar Khalsa terrorist Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda, news agency PTI quoted NIA officials as saying.
Galwaddi was arrested from Motihari, Bihar, in coordination with the local police. As per NIA, he is a "hardened criminal" and is among six people who had escaped from a jail in Punjab's Nabha in 2016.
The anti-terror agency further said that since breaking out of the Nabha jail, Kashmir Singh had been "actively associated" with designated Khalistani terrorists, including Rinda. The former was a proclaimed offender in the NIA case for his role relating to involvement in conspiracy, providing shelter, logistics support and terror funds to aides of the Khalistani terrorists.
These aides had escaped to Nepal after carrying out various terror activities in India, including the rocket-propelled grenade attack at the Punjab Police Intelligence headquarters in Mohali in May 2022.
An NIA Special Court in Delhi had declared Kashmir Singh a proclaimed offender in the 2022 terror conspiracy case and issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him over the past two years.
A cash reward of Rs 10 lakh was also announced by the NIA for information leading to his arrest.
2022 Khalistan terror conspiracy case
In August 2022, the NIA had registered the terror conspiracy case suo moto to probe the terrorist activities of the heads and members of proscribed terrorist organisations such as Babbar Khalsa, Khalistan Liberation Force and International Sikh Youth Federation, among others.
The investigations had exposed a terror-criminal nexus, suggesting that these groups, along with organised criminal gangs, were engaged in smuggling terrorist hardware such as arms, ammunition explosive, IEDs etc. from across the border for terror activities in various parts of the country.
In July 2023, the anti-terror agency chargesheeted nine accused, including Sandhu and another Khalistani terrorist. Lakhbir Singh alias Landa, in the terror case followed by two supplementary chargesheets against six others.
In August 2024, the NIA successfully secured the extradition of Landa's brother Tarsem Singh from the UAE and filed a third supplementary chargesheet against him in December.
You may also like
Indian students organisation in the UK relieved over retention of graduate route for post-study work
Stacey Solomon's sister in furious outburst as she lashes out at BAFTA snub
"Declare Pakistan a terrorist state, tell America it can't trade with them": Kapil Sibal to PM Modi
Pakistan violates ceasefire again: Drones shot down near J&K's Samba
Politician wanting to take credit: Shashi Tharoor slams Trump for declaring halting of Indo-Pak hostilities
