In the midst of the rising India-Canada tensions, NIA has begun its crackdown against SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannu by seizing his properties.
The growing tensions between India and Canada in the midst of the rise of the Khalistani movement in the latter country is now seeing Indian authorities take action against the separatist movement. Now, the National Investigation Agency is cracking down against Khalistani outfit Sikhs for Justice.
Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) chief and founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has landed on the radar of the NIA after he released a video threatening Hindus in Canada, asking them to leave the country. Now, NIA has decided to tighten the noose around the Canada-based "designated individual terrorist".
In a major effort to crack down on the Khalistani movement, the NIA confiscated a house and land of the self-styled general counsel of the outlawed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) outfit in Punjab's Amritsar and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Saturday, an official said.
As per PTI reports, the official said the properties confiscated include a 46-kanal (5.7 acres) agricultural land at Khankot village in Amritsar and a one-fourth share of a house in Chandigarh's sector 15/C area.
The crackdown against Pannu is the next big special operation against the Khalistani movement after the manhunt and arrest of Amritpal Singh, who is the chief of Waris Punjab De, a Khalistani separatist group which has been banned in India.
Pannu has been on the NIA's radar since 2019 when the anti-terror federal agency registered its first case against the terrorist, who has been playing a major role in promoting and commissioning terror acts and activities, and spreading fear and terror in Punjab and elsewhere in the country through his threats and intimidating acts.
As quoted by PTI, an NIA spokesperson said, “Pannu, who was declared a 'designated individual terrorist' on July 1, 2020, has been actively exhorting Punjab-based gangsters and youth over social media to fight for the cause of the independent state of Khalistan, challenging the sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.”
(With PTI inputs)
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