Lakhbir Singh Rode, the self-styled chief of the banned outfits Khalistan Liberation Drive (KLF) and Worldwide Sikh Youth Federation, has reportedly died in Pakistan. He was 72.
A nephew of slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Lakhbir Singh was listed as an ‘particular person terrorist’ below the UA(P)A and had fled to Pakistan. Lakhbir Singh’s brother and former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode confirmed his loss of life.
“We’ve got been knowledgeable by the son of my brother Lakhbir Singh Rode that he died of coronary heart assault in Pakistan and has been cremated there. He was extremely diabetic. His two sons, a daughter and spouse stay in Canada,” Jasbir Singh informed the The Indian Specific.
A local of village Rode in Moga, Lakhbir Singh had initially fled to Dubai. He later moved to Pakistan however stored his household in Canada. In 2002, India had submitted a listing of 20 terrorists demanding their extradition from Pakistan.
In response to Union authorities’s file on Lakhbir Singh, “ISYF opened its chapters at numerous locations in United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the USA of America. Lakhbir Singh is allegedly engaged in sending weapons and explosives consignments from throughout the border to India to hold out terrorist actions in Punjab and to focus on numerous Very Very Necessary Individuals (VVIPs) and political leaders.”
Lately, he was accused of hiring gangsters to hold out assaults in Punjab.
Earlier this yr, the NIA confiscated a chunk of land belonging to Lakhbir Singh at village Kothe Gurupura village in Moga. A discover put up by the NIA stated that one-fourth share within the land measuring 43 kanal 3 marlas belonged to Lakhbir Singh was being confiscated following an NIA court docket order.
The court docket order dated October 5 stemmed from a case registered by the NIA in Delhi on October 1, 2021, which pertains to a number of prices, together with Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, Sections 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38 and 39 of the UA(P)A Act, 1967, Sections 21B, 27A, and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, and Part 120B of the IPC.
This case includes a tiffin bomb blast that occurred on September 15, 2021, round 7:57 pm, close to Punjab Nationwide Financial institution, Jalalabad city in Fazilka district, Punjab. The NIA probe had revealed that Lakhbir Singh had masterminded the entire conspiracy in collusion along with his Pakistan-based ‘masters’. He had additionally performed a key function in sending consignments of arms, ammunition, custom-made tiffin bombs, grenades, explosives in addition to medicine, to hold out terrorist acts, notably bomb blasts, to instil worry and terror among the many folks of Punjab, the NIA had earlier stated.
The NIA is investigating six circumstances towards Lakhbir Singh for his alleged ‘energetic involvement’ in terror-related actions between 2021-2023.
His felony file consists of armed assaults on regulation enforcement personnel, orchestrating IED and bomb blasts, focused killings of members of the minority group, extortion, fundraising for terrorist operations, and instilling terror among the many basic populace.
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First revealed on: 05-12-2023 at 00:38 IST