NIA conducts probe against Khalistani terrorist Pannun, seizes land parcels in Amritsar

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has intensified its investigation against India-designated Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

The agency is probing six cases involving Pannun and has attached three properties owned by him in Chandigarh so far. It has also seized several land parcels linked to him in Amritsar.

Further details of the ongoing investigation have not been revealed yet. Meanwhile, the agency continues to follow leads in its efforts to curb activities linked to Pannun and his associates.

"Three properties of Pannun have been attached in Chandigarh. Besides some lands in Amritsar linked to Pannu have been attached," the investigating officials said.

They further said that 66 cases had been registered against the leader of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) Pannun by Oct 15 this year, and the conviction rate is 95.13%.

In September, the NIA conducted searches at four locations across Punjab in a case related to the promotion of terror-related activities and violence by the SFJ leader.

In a related development, Pannun has announced $1 million to anyone who provides information on Union Minister Amit Shah's foreign trips, while also calling for CRPF schools to be shut down from Nov 26.

The threat comes a few days after a blast near a CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini on October 20. A pro-Khalistani group claimed responsibility for the attack on the messaging app Telegram.

A day after on Oct 21, a suspicious email was received by the CRPF claiming that improvised devices may explode on three CRPF premises by 11 am on Oct 22.

Alleging that CRPF has committed various atrocities, including the attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar during the 1984 genocide and extrajudicial killings of Sikhs in Punjab, thus he asked students and parents to boycott CRPF schools.

"Home minister Shah is heading India's CRPF and is responsible for hiring mercenaries to assassinate Hardeep Nijjar and a murder-for-hire plot in New York," Pannun alleged.

On Oct 21, Pannun also threatened passengers not to fly Air India flights from Nov 1 to 19, as there is a possibility of an attack during those days which coincides with the "40th anniversary of the Sikh genocide.