NIA chargesheets 7 Khalistan operatives

New Delhi, March 22

The anti-terror probe agency NIA today said it had filed a chargesheet against seven Khalistan operatives under various sections of the IPC and the Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for their alleged involvement in a case pertaining to the recovery of two hand grenades and a mobile phone from a bag in Amritsar on June 2, 2019.

Officials in the NIA said the chargesheet was filed in a Mohali special court against Jajbir Singh Samra of Tarn Taran, Varinder Singh Chahal of Amritsar, Kulbir Singh of Nawanshahr, Manjit Kaur of Ludhiana, Taranbir Singh of Amritsar, Kulwinderjit Singh (an operative of Babbar Khalsa International) and Harmeet Singh (a Pakistan-based self-styled chief of Khalistan Liberation Force).

The officials said the NIA investigation revealed accused Samra and Chahal were part of a narco-terror module involved in distributing heroin smuggled from Pakistan in order to channel the proceeds to various terrorist entities on the directions of Pakistan-based terrorist Harmeet Singh.

They had also picked up grenades and concealed these at pre-decided location for carrying out terrorist act to further the conspiracy hatched by Harmeet and Kulwinderjit Singh, the officials said. The NIA in its investigation also found accused Kulbir, Manjit Kaur and Taranbir had harboured and provided logistics support, including accommodation and arranging business visa for Kulwinderjit Singh in Cambodia and Malaysia when he had escaped from India, the officials said. — TNS