NIA chargesheets Canada-based designated terrorist Arsh Dalla and his three aides

NIA has chargesheeted Canada-based designated “individual terrorist” Arshdeep Singh a.k.a. Arsh Dalla and his three associates in connection with a case involving a pro-Khalistan terror-gangster network

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted Canada-based designated “individual terrorist” Arshdeep Singh a.k.a. Arsh Dalla and his three associates in connection with a case involving a pro-Khalistan terror-gangster network operating across multiple Indian States.

Dalla was declared a terrorist by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 9, 2023.

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Among those arraigned in the chargesheet are Harjeet Singh, Ravinder Singh, and Rajeev Kumar. “The action marks a big leap in the NIA’s efforts to destroy sleeper cells operated by Dalla to unleash terrorist attacks in various parts of Punjab and Delhi,” the agency said on Tuesday.

The accused were running a major terror-gangster syndicate in India on the directions of the Khalistan Tiger Force’s (KTF) Dalla, the NIA said. Accused Harjeet Singh and Ravinder Singh were operating as sleeper cells and they were harboured by Rajeev Kumar, and the three had planned to carry out a series of terror attacks on Dalla’s directions, using the funds received from him, the agency said.

While Harjeet Singh and Ravinder Singh, who were arrested on November 23, 2023, were the gang’s shooters tasked with executing targeted killings, Rajeev Kumar, who was arrested on January 12, 2024, received funds from Dalla for harbouring them, and also arranged weapons for them, it is alleged.

On February 1, the NIA had filed a chargesheet against two other aides of Dalla. They were identified as alleged KTF members Manpreet Singh alias Peeta, and Mandeep Singh, who were recently deported from the Philippines.