It appears that evidently India has had sufficient. Sufficient of the Khalistani menace. Amid worsening ties with Canada over the killing of Khalistani chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India has determined to go onerous on Khalistani terrorists residing on overseas soil – largely the UK, the US, Canada, Dubai, Pakistan, and Australia.
Over the weekend, studies emerged that the federal government had tasked the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) to attract up a listing of Khalistanis and confiscate their properties in India. Furthermore, India can also be cancelling their Abroad Citizenship Card (OCI) playing cards in order to not permit them to enter the nation.
The transfer comes after the NIA, on Saturday, seized properties in Punjab belonging to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) group chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Two of his properties had been confiscated by the NIA group in Amritsar and Chandigarh. The probe company additionally confiscated 46 kanals of Pannun’s agricultural land in his ancestral village of Khankot in Amritsar district.
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Properties to be seized
On Sunday, it was reported that the NIA had drawn up a listing of 19 Khalistanis residing overseas and would go after their properties in India. The motion can be taken below the stringent anti-terror regulation UAPA – Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act.
The purpose of such a transfer can be to choke their funds so as to curb their spending and in flip, cut back their spending on actions hurtful to India.
As per the checklist launched, the NIA can be going after Paramjit Singh Pamma, who’s within the UK, Wadhwa Singh Babbar alia Chacha in Pakistan, Kulwant Singh Muthra in UK, Jay Dhaliwal in US, Sukhpal Singh in UK, Harpreet Singh alia Rana Singh in US, Sarabjeet Singh Bennur in UK, Kulwant Singh alias Kanta in UK, Harjap Singh alias Jappy Singh in California, US, Ranjit Singh Neeta in Lahore, Pakistan, Gurmeet Singh alias Bagga alias Baba, Gurpreet Singh alias Baaghi in UK, Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada in Dubai, Gurjant Singh Dhillon in Australia, Lakhbir Singh Rode in Europe and Canada, Amardeep Singh Poorewal in California, US, Jatinder Singh Grewal in Canada, Dupinder Jeet in UK, S Himmat Singh in New York, US.
The NIA has stated that they might confiscate the properties of those 19 Khalistanis as allowed by the regulation – just like what they did on Saturday (24 September) with Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
Home of the chief of banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun after the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) confiscated his immovable properties, in Chandigarh. File picture/PTI
For the unaware, on Saturday, NIA officers seized Pannun’s home in Punjab’s Chandigarh and confiscated land owned by him in Amritsar. One other property, home no 2033 in Sector 15-C, Chandigarh, was additionally seized. Resulting from this motion, the SFJ chief has now misplaced rights to his property, which now belongs to the federal government.
Actually, this isn’t the primary time that such motion has been taken towards Pannun. In 2020, the authorities had hooked up his properties, that means he couldn’t promote them.
Following the confiscation, the NIA had stated, “The action comes as a big boost to the country’s crackdown on terror and secessionist network being operated from various countries, including Canada.”
The confiscation of Pannun’s properties had come, by the way, after the SFJ chief had threatened Indo-Canadian Hindus to depart the nation and return to India.
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Cancelling OCI playing cards
And the federal government isn’t simply stopping at seizing properties. The federal government is adopting a two-pronged plan – seize properties and in addition revoke OCI and PIO playing cards of Khalistanis.
The federal government has requested businesses to revoke the OCI, and Individuals of Indian Origin (PIO) playing cards to bar their entry into India. The OCI card successfully offers folks with a a number of entry, multi-purpose, life-long visa to Indian-origin folks residing overseas.
In line with a Stay Mint report, revoking OCI playing cards is uncommon. Of the estimated 4.5 million OCI playing cards issued until date, solely round 150 have been cancelled after being present in violation of guidelines on the idea of inputs by intelligence and safety businesses.
This motion additionally comes after India suspended visa companies to all Canadians for an indefinite interval and in addition directed Canada to chop its diplomatic employees in India.
United Hindu Entrance members stage a protest towards Canada PM Justin Trudeau over his remarks alleging Indian involvement within the killing of a Sikh extremist chief in Canada. PTI
India-Canada ties nosedive
India and Canada ties have taken a flip for the more serious since final Monday when Canadian prime minister expelled an Indian diplomat, and accused “Indian agents” of being answerable for the killing of Canadian citizen – Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who’s a recognized Khalistani chief.
India refuted these claims, calling them “absurd and motivated,” and in a tit-for-tat transfer, additionally expelled a Canadian diplomat. The state of affairs worsened additional when India suspended all visa companies for Canadians.
Amid this row, the Canada has sought assist from its allies – the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand – also called the 5 Eyes – to sentence India. Earlier, it was reported that it was intel collected by the 5 Eyes that had led to Trudeau accusing India of getting a task within the killing of Nijjar.
Nevertheless, the Western international locations have refused to take sides, with the US and Australia saying that it had sought New Delhi to take part in a probe.
High safety officers in New Delhi have stated that Canada has not shared any credible proof on the matter but. “No credible evidence has been shared through either the diplomatic or the intelligence channel with India. Since India has nothing to do with Nijjar’s murder, it is ready to provide assistance provided Canada moves the legitimate legal process and prosecution of the identified killer or killers,” an official was quoted as saying to Hindustan Occasions.
Actually, Indian officers have maintained that Trudeau’s allegation is politically motivated, with an eye fixed on the Sikh diaspora in Canada.
Furthermore, a senior journalist in Canada additionally stated to information company ANI that the rationale Trudeau has picked a battle with India is to divert consideration from the China meddling problem. “If you want to have some Canadian context about what’s going on and why he may have done this, here’s what I think is maybe the leading theory we can say as to why Trudeau has started to fight with India. In Canada, we have this big, big spectre of foreign interference from China. That’s a major scandal right now. It’s Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, was getting help from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at different points in elections… It’s a whole big thing that we need an investigation into,” stated Daniel Bordman, including that so as to shift the spectrum from Chinese language overseas interference, now we have a narrative of Indian overseas interference.
With inputs from businesses