NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Investing Company on Friday swooped up a number of places in Punjab in a terror-conspiracy case linked to Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his banned outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).
The central probing company carried out searches at one location in Moga, two places in Bathinda and one location in Mohali, at premises linked with suspects within the case.
In accordance with officers, searches led to the seizure of assorted incriminating supplies, together with digital units, that are beneath examination.
In an announcement, the NIA mentioned that the case pertains to a conspiracy allegedly hatched by Pannun with different members of the SFJ
“The NIA on Friday carried out searches at 4 places throughout Punjab in a case associated to the promotion of terror-related actions and violence by SFJ chief Gurupatwant Singh Pannun,” it added.
The company had registered the case towards Pannun and the SFJ on November 17, 2023, for issuing video messages threatening Air India passengers.
He had requested Sikhs to not journey on Air India planes on and after November 19 final 12 months, claiming that there was a menace to their lives in the event that they opted for the airline. The listed terrorist had additionally threatened that Air India wouldn’t be allowed to function globally.
NIA’s motion comes a day after a civil lawsuit was filed by Pannun within the US towards high-ranking Indian officers claiming that there was a conspiracy orchestrated by Indian officers to assassinate him, which he alleges was thwarted when the employed hitmen turned out to be undercover US brokers.
Reacting to the summons, overseas secretary Vikram Misri mentioned: “As we’ve mentioned earlier, these are fully unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations. Now that this explicit case has been lodged. It would not change our views in regards to the underlying scenario.”
“I’d solely invite your consideration to the particular person behind this explicit case whose antecedents are well-known. I’d additionally underline the truth that the organisation so-called that this particular person represents is an illegal organisation, has been declared as such beneath the Illegal Actions Prevention Act of 1967 and it has been executed so on account of its involvement in anti-national and subversive actions aimed toward disrupting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India,” Misri mentioned throughout a press interplay.
The ministry of exterior affairs reacted sharply to the civil lawsuit filed. Pannun has been beneath the NIA’s lens since 2019 when the anti-terror company registered its first case towards him.
The central probing company carried out searches at one location in Moga, two places in Bathinda and one location in Mohali, at premises linked with suspects within the case.
In accordance with officers, searches led to the seizure of assorted incriminating supplies, together with digital units, that are beneath examination.
In an announcement, the NIA mentioned that the case pertains to a conspiracy allegedly hatched by Pannun with different members of the SFJ
“The NIA on Friday carried out searches at 4 places throughout Punjab in a case associated to the promotion of terror-related actions and violence by SFJ chief Gurupatwant Singh Pannun,” it added.
The company had registered the case towards Pannun and the SFJ on November 17, 2023, for issuing video messages threatening Air India passengers.
He had requested Sikhs to not journey on Air India planes on and after November 19 final 12 months, claiming that there was a menace to their lives in the event that they opted for the airline. The listed terrorist had additionally threatened that Air India wouldn’t be allowed to function globally.
NIA’s motion comes a day after a civil lawsuit was filed by Pannun within the US towards high-ranking Indian officers claiming that there was a conspiracy orchestrated by Indian officers to assassinate him, which he alleges was thwarted when the employed hitmen turned out to be undercover US brokers.
Reacting to the summons, overseas secretary Vikram Misri mentioned: “As we’ve mentioned earlier, these are fully unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations. Now that this explicit case has been lodged. It would not change our views in regards to the underlying scenario.”
“I’d solely invite your consideration to the particular person behind this explicit case whose antecedents are well-known. I’d additionally underline the truth that the organisation so-called that this particular person represents is an illegal organisation, has been declared as such beneath the Illegal Actions Prevention Act of 1967 and it has been executed so on account of its involvement in anti-national and subversive actions aimed toward disrupting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India,” Misri mentioned throughout a press interplay.
The ministry of exterior affairs reacted sharply to the civil lawsuit filed. Pannun has been beneath the NIA’s lens since 2019 when the anti-terror company registered its first case towards him.
