Arrest of Jagtar Singh Johal

Jagtar Singh Johal is a British Sikh activist. He was arrested in India for alleged involvement in the murders of Brigadier (retd) Jagdish Gagneja , RSS leader Ravinder Gosain and Pastor Sultan Masih and for funding of a banned terrorist outfit Khalistan Liberation Force. The Punjab Police suspects Johal’s involvement in these murders by funding and arranging weapons for the Khalistan Liberation Force. He was detained in November while he had come to India for his wedding. Some Sikh rights group in UK and several separatist groups have cried foul over the arrest. The activist groups also accused Punjab police of torture. [1] He ran an outfit called Never Forget 1984.[2][3] [4][5][6][7]

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) handling the case have filed an over 1,000-page charge sheet with charges related to Terrorism against Johal. The Indian government claims that few Indian origin British MPs are supporting Johal due to vote bank politics.[8] According to NIA the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was the prime target in one of his alleged conspiracies. In 2012 at France, Johal had met Harminder Singh Mintoo, a member of Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) a banned terrorist organisation to plan his murder. Mintoo was later arrested.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jagtar Singh Johal: A Scottish Sikh in a Punjab jail". Ishani Duttagupta. The Economic Times. 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Targeted killings in Punjab: UK resident Johal was on police radar for a year". Ravinder Vasudeva. Hindustan Times. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "NIA again gets Jaggi's custody for five days". Manish Sirhindi. The Times of India. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal filmed in police custody". BBC News. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Detained Sikh activist's family speak out". BBC News. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Why diaspora Sikhs are fighting to 'Free Jaggi'". Navjeevan Gopal. The Indian Express. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Why are Indian officials banned from Sikh Gurdwaras?". Al Jazeera. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (13 July 2018). "India rejects UK leniency plea for 'terrorist' Jagtar Singh Johal". Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018 – via The Economic Times.
  9. ↑ "Targeted killings: Jagtar Singh Johal remanded in three-day custody of NIA". 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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