In connection with its larger conspiracy investigation against the nexus of gangsters, smugglers, and Khalistanis, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) launched raids at about thirty locations on Wednesday across several states, including Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, according to people familiar with the development.
The raids, according to officials, were carried out to break up a network of pro-Khalistani elements (PKEs) and gangsters who have been involved in violent crimes like targeted killings, assaults on public buildings, extortion, the smuggling of weapons and drugs, and organising anti-Indian activities in nations like Canada, the UK, the US, and Australia.
His picture was among 43 Khalistani gangster suspects who are suspected of engaging in various illicit operations in India and overseas that the federal agency had made public last Wednesday.
It has also seized two properties owned by Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), who is based in the US, in Chandigarh and Amritsar.
According to an NIA investigation into the financial dealings of prominent Khalistani leaders and gangsters operating out of Canada, money obtained through extortion and smuggling in India not only funds these individuals' violent acts in both India and Canada but also their investments in yachts, films and even the Canadian Premier League. This information was first reported by HT on Sunday.
Additionally, the gangsters' profits were also put into Thai nightclubs and bars.
Indian authorities have intensified their action against PKEs and gangsters since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week claimed that Indian operatives killed Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar (on June 18) in Canada.
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