NIA Chargesheets Key Figure in Punjab Terror Conspiracy
The National Investigation Agency has chargesheeted Jatinder Singh for his involvement in a terror conspiracy in Punjab, linked to Babbar Khalsa International. Singh was involved in supplying illegal firearms to gangsters, as part of a broader plan coordinated with foreign associates, and used encrypted communication to evade authorities.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has formally chargesheeted Jatinder Singh, also known as Joti, in a significant Punjab terror conspiracy case. Singh is identified as a pivotal ally of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Lakhbir Singh and notorious gangster Pavittar Batala. The agency filed the chargesheet on Friday in a special court in Mohali.
Singh, originally from Gurdaspur in Punjab, was apprehended in Mumbai on December 23 last year. His arrest is linked to allegations of illegal firearm procurement and supply from Madhya Pradesh to gangsters operating in Punjab. These operations were supposedly aimed at aiding Batala, an associate of a designated terrorist known as Landa.
The investigation discovered Singh's collaboration with foreign entities to coordinate these activities and his use of encrypted communications to circumvent detection. The NIA continues to probe the involvement of Landa, Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, and their international accomplices in the conspiracy.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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