New Delhi: New Delhi: Dreaded Khalistani terrorist Tarsem Singh, brother of Canada-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) leader Lakhbir Landa, was on Friday brought over to India after completion of extradition formalities in the UAE.
He was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as soon as he landed in Delhi.
Terming it a major success against the pro-Khalistan terror network, NIA said in a statement that “Singh, a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab and the real brother of designated terrorist Lakhbir Landa, had a non-bailable warrant (NBW) of arrest against him since June 2023.”
He was a key member of BKI and an important terror node of designated terrorists Harwinder Singh Rinda (based in Pakistan) and Landa (based in Canada) in the UAE, NIA added.
India’s agencies managed to get Tarsem deported in collaboration with the Interpol.
Tarsem is one of the key members of BKI’s terror activities in India, including planning the Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack at Punjab Police intelligence headquarters in Mohali in May 2022.
According to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Tarsem Singh was geolocated in the UAE, following which an NIA security mission travelled there to bring him.
A red notice had been issued against Tarsem last November and he was picked up by authorities there within days.
“Eventually, on Friday, he was extradited from the UAE to India in adherence to Interpol’s due processes,” NIA said.
Tarsem was “actively involved in arranging and providing terror funds to India-based associates of Rinda and Landa. He was also involved in the channelisation of terror funds through multiple routes.”
NIA had registered a case on August 20, 2022 to probe terror activities of chiefs/members of proscribed terrorist organisations like Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), BKI, International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), etc. who have established a massive network of terror operators across India.
“These outfits are working through operatives/members of terror outfits and organized criminal gangs to smuggle arms, ammunition, explosives, IEDs etc., from across the border. They have been using, narcotics trafficking, extortions, hawala trading, etc., to generate funds for carrying out terrorist activities on the Indian soil, NIA investigations so far have revealed,” NIA informed.
