German police arrested Jaswinder Singh Multani (Jaswinder Singh Multani), an important member of the banned organization Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) for his involvement in Ludhiana last week (Ludhiana) The explosions in the courts and plots against Delhi and Mumbai. Monday said he knew about it.
According to diplomats based in Bonn and New Delhi, after the government led by Narendra Modi asked the German authorities to arrest pro-Khalistan militants linked to and involved in Pakistan, the federal police removed from central Germany. Erfurt arrested Murtani. Smuggling weapons and ammunition from the border to Punjab.
An official, who asked not to be named, said that the 45-year-old Murtani was a former resident of Hosiyapur, Punjab, a close partner of SFJ founder Gulpawant Singh Pannu, and participated in Separatist activities.
On December 23, a bomb blast occurred at the Ludhiana District Court Building, killing one person and wounding six others, triggering a high level of alert in the state. Murtani recently appeared on the radar of the security agency because he arranged and sent explosives and hands. The above-mentioned officials said that with the help of Pakistani agents, they brought grenades and pistols from the border.
He also said that Murtani plans to use smuggled goods to carry out terrorist activities in Punjab.
The official said that the arrest occurred after the Modi government intervened at the highest diplomatic level with his German counterparts over Murtani’s involvement in conspiracy to target cities such as Delhi and Mumbai.
On February 7, Punjab police arrested 4 people belonging to Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Ferozepur, and recovered 8 domestically-made pistols and ammunition. According to the police, the arrested persons purchased illegal weapons to carry out militant activities in Punjab.
The official said that the police later arrested another man named Jeevan Singh, who was radicalized on social media by the German pro-Khalistan leader Murtani and targeted the main farmer leader Barbir Singh. Rajewal (Balbir Singh Rajewal).
Murtani also provided Singh with funds for arranging locally-made weapons to target Rajwal, the chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rajwal Alliance.
The official said that in August, Murtani also radicalized another man from Tarntaran through social media and arranged two grenades for criminal activities.
Punjab Police Chief Siddharth Chattopadhyaya said on Saturday that the fired police officer Gagandip Singh who was killed in the Ludhiana court bombing was linked to pro-Khalistan elements and terrorist organizations. Some Pakistani entities may be responsible for this. Behind the scenes of the incident.
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