New Delhi: Pro-Khalistan ultras are running a terrorist camp near in Canada's British Columbia province to carry out strikes in Punjab, the Indian intelligence agencies have alerted the Justin Trudeau government.
According to Times of India, Punjab intelligence sleuths have prepared report that describes Hardeep Singh Nijjar as the new operational head of the Khalistan Tiger Force in Canada. He has formed a module comprising Sikh youths to carry out the attacks.
The Punjab government has already submitted the report to the ministry of external affairs and ministry of home affairs to seek extradition of Nijjar.
The report also made a subtle reference to Pathankot attack, saying that Nijjar "was to arrange weapons from Pakistan but due to high alert on the border in the wake of Pathankot incident, it could not materialize".
Nijjar, a baptized Sikh staying in Surrey since 1995 on Canadian passport (QK139247), is a proclaimed terrorist in Punjab and wanted in connection with the 2007 Shingaar cinema blast in Ludhiana in which six people were killed.
It was earlier reported that Punjab Police have busted two sleeper cells of terror outfits Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) that were allegedly preparing to target different dera (sect) heads, retired top-ranking police officers, and activists of right-wing Hindu organisations.
In April, a report in the Hindustan Times said that the Indian government has intelligence inputs which indicate that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency is using Sikh extremists in Canada for pro-Khalistan and anti-India activities.
