Cracking down additional on Khalistani agitation, NIA tightens the screw on Khalsa Aid and actor Deep Sidhu

National Investigation Agency (NIA), the premier counter-terrorism company of the Indian authorities, has summoned actor Deep Sidhu, a UK primarily based journalist, a farmer chief, a cable television operator, and few different individuals for alleged hyperlinks with the US-based terrorist organisation Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and fuelling the Khalistani motion. These individuals have been summoned at NIA’s Delhi headquarters between January 18-21.  The NIA has summoned round 40 individuals with hyperlinks to the terrorist organisation SFJ, which is fuelling the pro-Khalistani sentiments among the many Sikh group of the nation and financing the Khalistan motion.Previously NIA discovered that the SFJ had been propagating anti-India sentiments throughout the Sikh group serving within the Indian Army—egging them to engineer a mutiny in opposition to their very own motherland.“The Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has been attempting to undermine the security of the Indian State by instigating Sikh personnel in the Indian army to rise in mutiny against India besides trying to radicalize youths of Kashmir and openly extending support for the secession of Kashmir from India,” the NIA mentioned, in accordance with information company PTI.The investigative company on Wednesday filed a cost sheet in opposition to 16 individuals primarily based out of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada below the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for allegedly being concerned in seditious actions and fomenting enmity on the pretext of faith and area in India in a Delhi courtroom. NIA’s cost sheet enlists seven Khalistanis from the US – Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Avtar Singh Pannun, Harpreet Singh, Amardeep Singh Purewal, Harjaap Singh, Sarabjit Singh, S Himmat Singh, six from UK – Gurpreet Singh Baagi, Paramjit Singh, Sarabjit Singh Bannur, Kulwant Singh Mothada, Dupinderjit Singh, Kulwant Singh and three from Canada – J S Dhaliwal, Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Jatinder Singh Grewal. The Sikh For Justice (SFJ) has been in a position to not solely penetrate within the farmers’ protests however has even hijacked the motion with a pro-Khalistani stance. It gave anti-Hindu color to the protest by pushing individuals like Yograj Singh who’re recognized for his or her Sikh supremacist views. A number of days in the past, SFJ introduced a reward of USD 2,50,000 for Punjab farmers hoisting the Khalistani flag at India Gate, in addition to, Red Fort within the nationwide capital.The organisation launched a letter, in addition to, a video of its Chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannu the place the cash-reward was espoused to incite the protestors seeking to make some fast cash.“26 January is coming and on the Red Fort, there is an Indian tricolour. Remove the tricolour on 26th of January and replace it with the Khalistan flag,” mentioned Pannu within the video.Read extra: ‘Wave Khalistan flag and get 1.8 Crores, launch tractor rally,’ ‘Sikhs for Justice’ points new order to pretend farmersThe SFJ had huge plans to instigate a separatist pro-Khalistani motion in Punjab via the ‘Referendum 2020’ program however failed because of Coronavirus induced lockdown. However, the organisation obtained one other alternative to gasoline the motion within the type of the continuing farmers’ protest and pushed all of the resources- cash, manpower, and different support- of Referendum 2020 into this protest. However, NIA is coping with the pro-Khalistani terror organisation SFJ proactively and the federal government has blocked a number of web sites associated to the group in the previous couple of months. It has even registered FIRs in opposition to many individuals concerned and is investigating them.