In the Khalistan Tiger Force case, the NIA conducts raids at 10 locations in Punjab and Haryana

In connection with an investigation into the outlawed terrorist group Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched ten sites in Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday.

Nine locations in Punjab and one in Haryana were raided as part of a criminal conspiracy to raise money for the outlawed terrorist group and smuggle weapons, ammunition and explosives for it across the border. On August 20 of last year, the NIA filed a suo moto complaint under many provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

On May 19 of this year, just after they landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) from Manila, the Philippines, where they had been staying, the NIA detained two ‘wanted’ close friends of Arsh Dhalla, a ‘designated terrorist’ headquartered in Canada.
The two were apprehended by the NIA in an early morning operation when their team was waiting at the airport for their aircraft to arrive. They have been named as Amritpal Singh alias Ammy and Amritk Singh, both of Punjabi descent.

The two accused had non-bailable arrest warrants issued against them by the NIA Delhi Court in a case involving the illegal and violent activities of outlawed organisations in India, the NIA previously reported. In Punjab, there are several criminal cases pending against the accused.

According to the NIA findings, the accused was promoting the violent criminal operations of the KTF in India while working for a designated terrorist named Arshdeep Singh Dhalla.

According to the NIA, Manpreet Singh alias Peeta and another well-known wanted suspect were engaged in the KTF’s recruiting of young people to commit acts of terrorism and violence in the nation as well as the smuggling of weapons into the country from Pakistan.

“They also participated in an extortion scheme to raise money for the outlawed group. The accused used to pick out targets for extortion, especially businesses, and then threaten to demand large sums of money from them. The NIA warned that the accused’s friends in India would shoot at the specified targets’ houses and other locations if they refused.

The arrests were made as part of NIA’s ongoing campaign against terrorists operating alone and in groups who conspired to smuggle weapons, ammunition, and explosives while also raising money to carry out terrorist attacks on Indian soil.