ISI-linked gangster deported from UAE for killing Shaurya Chakra awardee
IANS
New Delhi: A gangster, who is suspected to be on the payroll of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence in terror activities, Sukhmeet Pal Singh alias Sukh Bhikhariwal was deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India on Thursday for conspiring in the killing of Shaurya Chakra awardee, Indian intelligence agency said.
He was wanted by the Indian law enforcement agencies — the Punjab Police and Delhi Police — for his involvement in the alleged killing of a 62-year old Shaurya Chakra awardee, ‘Comrade’ Balwinder Singh Singh Sandhu, a former CPI(M) member, who had taken on militants at the height of the insurgency in Punjab in the 1990s. Sandhu was gunned down in his home in Tarn Taran’s Bhikhiwind by two unidentified bikers on October 16.