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High Commission attack case: NIA arrests UK resident
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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The attack on the High Commission of India in London by “anti-national elements” happened on March 19, 2023. Approximately 50 individuals, believed to be associated with the Khalistani separatist movement, trespassed into the premises during a pro-Khalistan protest.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made an arrest in connection with the 2023 case involving the violent attack on the High Commission of India in London and unlawful actions during subsequent protests.
“Inderpal Singh Gaba, a resident of Hounslow, UK, has been apprehended by the NIA for his involvement in unlawful activities during protests that occurred on March 22, 2023,” news agency ANI reported on Wednesday, April 25.
The attack on the High Commission of India in London by “anti-national elements” happened on March 19, 2023. Approximately 50 individuals, believed to be associated with the Khalistani separatist movement, trespassed into the premises during a pro-Khalistan protest. During the attack, officials were injured, the Indian flag was disrespected, and public property was damaged.
The attackers, reportedly organised by UK-based Gurcharan Singh of the Dal Khalsa, Avtar Singh Khanda of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), Jasvir Singh, and their associates, both Indian and foreign nationals, seized the national flag flying atop the Indian High Commission in London.
The protest was fueled by anger over the hunt in India for Amritpal Singh, the leader of “Waris Punjab De,” a radical organisation associated with actor and activist Deep Sidhu. Singh was arrested in April last year and the stringent NSA was invoked against him. He, along with nine of his associates, is currently lodged in Dibrugarh jail. Singh was allegedly involved in organising a massive protest on February 23, last year, protesting the arrest of his key aide and kidnapping accused, Lovepreet Singh.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the counsel of Amritpal Singh claimed that he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Khadoor Sahib seat in Punjab. Amritpal Singh’s legal counsel Rajdev Singh Khalsa had met the preacher in Dibrugarh jail on Wednesday and requested him to contest the polls.
“I met ‘bhai sahab’ (Amritpal Singh) in Dibrugarh central jail and during the meeting, I requested bhai sahab that in the interests of ‘Khalsa Panth’, he should fight elections this time from Khadoor Sahib to become a member of parliament. Bhai sahab accepted my request in the Panthic interests… He will fight as an Independent candidate,” Khalsa had claimed.
Amritpal Singh, who styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was arrested in Moga’s Rode village on April 23 last year following a more than one-month-long manhunt.
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