The NIA filed a charge sheet in the Special NIA Court in Mohali. Gosain was killed on October 17, 2017, while he was returning home in Ludhiana after attending an RSS 'shakha'.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge-sheeted 15 members of the banned Khalistan Liberation Force for the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Punjab, accusing them of being part of a conspiracy hatched in Pakistan to destabilise the Indian government.
This is one of the series of cases in which RSS leaders were attacked in Punjab.
The NIA filed a charge sheet in the Special NIA Court in Mohali. Gosain was killed on October 17, 2017, while he was returning home in Ludhiana after attending an RSS 'shakha'.
The accused have been identified as Hardeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Dharminder Singh, Anil Kumar, Jagtar Singh Johal, Amaninder Singh, Manpreet Singh, Ravipal, Pahad Singh, Parvez, Malook Tomar, Harmeet Singh (suspected to be in Pakistan), Gurjinder Singh (suspected to be in Italy), Gursharanbir Singh (suspected to be in the UK), and Gurjant Singh (suspected to be in Australia).
During the investigation, it was found that the killing of Gosain was part of a transnational conspiracy hatched by the senior leadership of the Khalistan Liberation Force.
"Eight incidents of targeted killings and attempted killings were executed as part of this conspiracy between January 2016, and October 2017 in Punjab. All the persons targeted belonged to certain specific communities and organisations. The objective of the conspiracy was to destabilise the law and order situation in Punjab and to revive the fledgeling terrorism in the state," the NIA stated.
The agency found that the conspiracy had its footprints in several countries. including Pakistan, UK, Australia, France, Italy, and the UAE.
As part of the conspiracy, large amount of funds were supplied through Italy, Australia and the UK to the perpetrators Hardeep Singh and Ramandeep Singh. These funds were used by them to purchase weapons for executing the killings and other logistics.
The conspiracy included recruitment and training of Hardeep and Ramandeep in Italy and Dubai, and UAE respectively. Accused Hardeep is a permanent resident of Italy while accused Ramandeep belongs to Ludhiana.
Both these persons were trained by Gursharanbir Singh, a UK national. Another UK national, Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been arrested in the case, was involved in the funding of the conspiracy.
"Day-to-day coordination of the conspiracy was done by Pakistan-based Harmeet Singh," said NIA, stating that the charge sheet is based on evidence collected from oral, documentary, material, and electronic sources. Besides, evidence has been sought from several other countries.
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