The NIA has launched a multi-state crackdown on the nexus between criminal syndicates in India and Khalistani separatists and terrorists based in countries like Pakistan and Canada, who use these networks for terror-related activities.
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday detained several people after multi-state raids to break the nexus between criminal syndicates in India and Khalistani separatists and terrorists based in countries like Pakistan and Canada.
Banned militant outfit Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, from Jalandhar district, who was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, promoted the secessionist agenda of US-based pro-Khalistan organisation Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and terror activities in India. The NIA had announced in July last year a Rs 10-lakh award on him for conspiring to kill Hindu priest Kamaldeep Sharma in Jalandhar in January 2021.