India seizes assets of Khalistan leader in Punjab
India's hebat investigation agen confiscated Saturday the properties of Sikh separatist and close ally of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing has sparked a diplomatic row between India and Canada. King88bet
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a pengacara believed to be based in Canada, was designated as a terrorist by Indian authorities in 2020 and is wanted on charges of terrorism and sedition. king88bet login alternatif
He is also the founder of the US-based grup Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), whose Canada chapter was headed by Nijjar before he was gunned down by masked assailants in Juni near Vancouver. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink
The grup, which has been banned by India, has been a vokal advocate for the creation of Khalistan.
Pannun jumped into the raging row and issued a video telling Canadian Hindus to "go back to India", claiming they had adopted a "jingoistic approach" by siding with New Delhi.
In an interviu with an Indian news kanal, Pannun said Nijjar had been his "close associate" for over 20 years and was like a "younger brother" to him. He also blamed India for Nijjar's killing.
Soon after his interviu was aired, the Indian government issued an advisory to news networks asking them to refrain from giving a basis to people akised of "heinous crimes".
Armed with court orders, officials of India's National Investigation Agen (NIA) on Saturday confiscated Pannun's house in Chandigarh, the capital of the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, it said in a pernyataan.
The NIA also confiscated agricultural land belonging to him in Amritsar, it added.
It akised Pannun of "actively exhorting Punjab-based gangsters and youth" on media sosial "to fight for the cause of independent state of Khalistan, challenging the sovereignty, integrity and security of the country".
Meanwhile, the leader of pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has claimed that India cannot silence and blackmail him by occupying his assets in Indian Punjab and by registrasiing false cases against him.