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Chandigarh, December 25
The Punjab Police are upbeat at the arrest of three alleged pro-Khalistan elements in the United Kingdom following India’s extradition request in the 2009 Rashtriya Sikh Sangat chief Rulda Singh’s murder case.
The three, all UK nationals, were identified as Gursharanbir Singh Wahiwal, Amritbir Singh Wahiwal and Pyara Singh. They are accused in the murder case in which the police
had moved for their extradition in August 2019.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing a series of targeted killings in Punjab in
2016-17, had also submitted a chargesheet against Gursharanbir.
“As per our investigation, Gursharanbir is one of the most active supporters, funders and planners of violence in the Khalistan movement. He had come to India to carry out Rulda’s murder and later trained in Dubai the accused in the targeted killings case, especially of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Punjab vice-president Brig Jagdish Gagneja,” said a senior p
Ahead of Boris Johnson visit, UK cops arrest three over Punjab RSS leader’s murder
On 29 July 2009, some armed assailants had shot at Rulda Singh, then national chief of the RSS-affiliated Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, outside his home in Patiala. He died of the bullet injuries days later. December 25, 2020 10:23:41 am
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose support for Brexit helped push the country out of the EU, said it was an amazing moment for this country .(Photo: Reuters)
The West Midlands police in the UK claimed to have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of Rulda Singh, then national chief of the RSS-affiliated Rashtriya Sikh Sangat in Patiala in 2009.