Lahore. Pakistan is now taking the help of pro-Khalistan terrorists to promote radicalization against the Hindu community in India and the current central government. In fact, intelligence sources said that under the neighboring country’s ‘new plan’, pro-Khalistan terrorist groups have taken shelter in Pakistan’s Lahore gurdwara to promote extremism in India. According to intelligence inputs, in 1984 the alleged hijacker of the Srinagar-Lahore flight was seen meeting Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh at Panja Sahib Gurdwara in Lahore.
Ravinder Singh Pinka also came to the Gurdwara
Sources said that Pakistan plans to house Khalistani extremists in the Lahore gurdwara so that they can convert Sikh pilgrims to “radicalisation”. Intelligence sources further said that the alleged flight hijacker Ravinder Singh Pinka and his associates were meeting Sikh pilgrims from India who had gone to Pakistan to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Panja Sahib. Pinka deliberately clicked a photo with Giani Harpreet Singh, which was later traced to CNN-News18.
Khalistani trying to increase radicalization by contacting Indians
However, when the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) officials were informed about Pinka, the video was immediately taken down from the SGPC website. Sources also said that the jathedars were from the entire community and no one was allowed to meet them, and Giani Harpreet Singh might not have even known or recognized Pinka. Intelligence sources said that such radical elements were present everywhere in Lahore and deliberately approached these gurudwaras to radicalize Indians who came for darshan.
Khalistani used to help bring weapons sent from Pakistan to Punjab
Accessed the video and audio of Lahore-based Khalistani elements such as Ranjit Singh, alias Nita, who heads the Pakistan-based Khalistani Zindabad Force, as well as Akashdeep Singh alias Akash Randhawa, who was killed in Punjab’s Tarn Taran in the month of September. was arrested in Both were allegedly involved in transporting arms and ammunition from Pakistan through drones.
There are several reports of pro-Khalistan terrorist groups in Lahore raising funds for the operation and planning arms shipments across the border. In September, a photograph of another alleged kidnapper, Dal Khalsa chief Gajinder Singh, was mistakenly posted on Facebook, exposing his whereabouts. While Indian officials have long known about Gajinder’s presence in Lahore, the photo was an example of ISI’s links to terrorism in Pakistan’s Punjab.