ACTION AGAINST PRO-KHALISTAN FORCES

ChinmayaIAS Academy - Current Affairs December 12, 2022 GS3 Leave a comment 212 Views

A coordinated crackdown on pro-Khalistan elements within and outside the country has started yielding results for the law enforcement organisations, with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) succeeding in making two key arrests this month.
About two dozen accused and suspects currently operating from overseas are under the scanner.
The latest arrest made by the NIA is that of alleged terrorist Bikramjit Singh, who was wanted in connection with the September 2019 Tarn Taran bomb blast in Punjab.
He was extradited from Vienna in Austria. Two persons were killed in a powerful explosion in a vacant plot on the outskirts of Pandori Gola village in Tarn Taran, leaving two dead and one injured.
The three had been digging a pit to retrieve an explosive consignment when the bomb went off.
A day after the arrest, the Sarhali police station in Tarn Taran was targeted using a rocket-propelled grenade late on Friday night.
Over the past one year, six such attacks have been carried out at the police and Army establishments in the State, said an official.
Harpreet Singh, who carried a ₹10-lakh reward for his alleged role in the Ludhiana court blast about a year ago, was arrested by the NIA after he landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on December 1.
“Persistent attempts are being made by pro-Khalistani banned outfits to foment trouble in Punjab. Huge funds have been channelled from abroad.
There is prima facie evidence that in the garb of music videos, also being advertised on a popular video sharing platform, violence is being promoted,” the official said.
The agencies have zeroed in on several suspects and accused in Europe, Canada and the United States, many among whom run large criminal syndicates in Punjab.