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NIA Files Chargesheet against 16 foreign based Khalistanis in Referendum 2020 case

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New Delhi: NIA today Wednesday 9 November 2020 filed Chargesheet against 16 accused Khalistanis worldwide before the NIA Special Court, New Delhi.

The chargesheet in Referendum 2020/Sikhs for Justice case registered under Sections 120B, 124A, 153A, 153B and 505 of IPC and 13, 17 and 18 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The case pertains to organized conspiracy by the accused for launching a concerted secessionist campaign under the banner of ‘Referendum 2020’ for creation of ‘Khalistan’.

The chargesheeted accused are i) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, r/o New York, USA; ii) Avtar Singh Pannun,
r/o New York, USA; iii) Gurpreet Singh Baagi r/o UK; iv) Harpreet Singh @ Rana Singh r/o New York, USA; v)
Paramjit Singh @ Pamma, r/o UK; vi) Sarabjit Singh Bannur, r/o UK; vii) Amardeep Singh Purewal @Amardeep Singh Khalsa, r/o California, USA; viii) J S Dhaliwal, r/o Canada; ix) Kulwant Singh Mothada r/o UK, x) Dupinderjit Singh, r/o UK; xi) Hardeep Singh Nijjar, r/oCanada; xii) Kulwant Singh @ Kanta @Mann Singh
Khalsa, r/o UK; xiii) Harjaap Singh @Japhi Singh, r/o California, USA; xiv) Sarabjit Singh @Sabi Singh, r/o
California, USA; xv) Jatinder Singh Grewal, r/o Canada; and xvi) S Himmat Singh, r/o New York, USA. The
above individuals are members of Sikh for Justice, an organization declared as ‘Unlawful Association’ under
UA(P) Act.

Investigation in the case has revealed that Sikhs for Justice, a secessionist outfit floated in the garb of
‘Human Rights advocacy group’ with its offices in various foreign countries like the USA, Canada, the UK, and
Australia is a frontal organization of Khalistan terrorist outfits operating from foreign soils including Pakistan.
Under this campaign numerous social media accounts on FaceBook, Twitter, Whatsapp, YouTube Channels and a number of websites have been launched, which are being used to propagate sedition as well as enmity on the grounds of region and religion, to radicalise impressionable youth, to cause disturbance to peace and harmony and to raise funds for terrorist activities. SFJ has been attempting to undermine the security of the Indian State by instigating Sikh personnel in the Indian army to rise up in mutiny against India. SFJ is also trying to radicalize youth of Kashmir and openly extending support for secession of Kashmir from India.

Based on the dossiers provided by NIA and other agencies, the chief patrons of SFJ namely Gurpatwant
Singh Pannun, Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Paramjit Singh @ Pamma have already been designated as ‘Terrorist’ under UA(P)Act. During the course of investigation, NIA identified immovable properties belonging to terrorist
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in District Amritsar, Punjab and terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in District Jalandhar,
Punjab. Based on the request of NIA, the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, in exercise of powers
conferred under Section 51-A of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, has ordered attachment of these
properties.

World

Terrorist kills 3 in Nice

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Nice/Paris: A terrorist armed with a sharp edged weapon and shouting “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Greatest) stabbed to death two persons and beheaded a woman at a church in Nice located in the French Riviera on the south east coast of France on the  Mediterranian sea on Thursday 29 October 2020.

In another incident on Thursday, police shot dead a man who was also shouting “Allahu Akbar” and threatening those around with a handgun in Montfavet, near the southern French city of Avignon.

Nice was also the target of terrorist attack on Bastille Day in 2016 when more than 80 persons, many of them foreigners and young children,  were killed and hundreds were injured when a lorry was ploughed into a crowded  waterfront by a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel. The lorry had dug into the large crowd that had gathered at Promenade des Anglais for the Bastille Day fireworks display. The driver had ploughed on for about 2 kms before he was shot dead by the police.

India, World

NIA Special Court Sentences ISIS Terrorist Subahani Haja Mohideen to Life Imprisonment

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Ernakulam: NIA Special Court here on Monday 28 September 2020 sentenced dreaded ISIS terrorist Subahani Haja Mohideen (35), resident of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, in Omar Al-Hindi Module Case to life imprisonment and fine of Rs. 2,10,000.

Earlier, on 25 September 2020, the Court had convicted the accused under Sections 120B and 125 of IPC and sections 20, 38 and 39 of the UA (P) Act.

Background of the matter
This case was registered by NIA on 1 October 2016, based on credible information that certain youth had entered into a conspiracy and were making preparations to carry out terrorist attacks in India to further the objectives of proscribed terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/ Daish. On 3 October 2016, searches were conducted at the house of Subahani Haja Mohideen in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, leading to seizure of incriminating material indicating his travel to the theatre of conflict in West Asia and he was arrested on 5 October 2016.

Forensic examination of the clothes used by the accused during his stay with the Islamic State and the forensic medical examination of his body established that he was in the war zone in Iraq. It was also established that Subahani Haja Moideen, after returning to India on 21 September 2015, had attempted to procure explosive chemicals from Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, based on instructions from his handlers in Islamic State, to carry out terrorist attacks in India, on behalf of ISIS/ Daish.

Investigation also revealed that Subahani Haja Moideen had exited India from Chennai and reached Turkey on 8 April, 2015. He had then illegally crossed over to Iraq through land border and joined the Islamic State using the name Abu Jasmine Al-Hindi. After undergoing religious and arms training with ISIS/ Daish in Iraq, he was deployed with ISIS’ military formation Umar Ibnu Khatab Khatiba, headed by the French national Abu Suleiman Al-Francisi, who was
later killed.

Subahani Haja Moideen was also associated with Pakistani national Mohammed Usman Ghani, while being in the Islamic State. Mohammed Usman Ghani was subsequently arrested and is now incarcerated in France, for his involvement in 13/11 Paris attacks of 2015.

Defence, India

Security forces gun down Hizbul chief Riyaz Naikoo in Kashmir

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Srinagar: In a major strike against terrorists, the Northern Command, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the para-military forces, on Wednesday 6 May 2020 gunned down Hizbul Commander Riyaz Naikoo, who was holed up at a relative’s house, along with another terrorist.

The elimination of Riyaz Naikoo in a village at Awantipora in Kashmir valley comes as revenge within days of the Handwara encounter. Colonel Ashutosh Sharma and Major Anuj Sood were among five security forces personnel martyred during the Handwara encounter with terrorists in North Kashmir on Sunday 3 May.