KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
02-Feb-2001
The Punjab police busted a narco-terrorist network operating from Jammu and Kashmir. According to official sources in Gurdaspur, Punjab, one person was arrested from village Banni Lodhi, bordering Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of narcotics, arms, and ammunition from Pakistan. The sources said that the arrested had developed a clandestine alliance with Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist leaders Wadhwa Singh Babbar and Parmjit Singh Panjwar.
03-Jan-2001
Intelligence sources indicate that an activist of the BKI reportedly being a ‘human bomb’ armed with RDX and plastic explosives, is present in Delhi and aims to create disturbance during the January 26, Republic Day celebrations.
07-Nov-2000
Punjab Police arrested four persons, including two BKI activists, and recovered a large number of arms, ammunition, fake currency and heroin from them. The arrested persons are believed to be planning to perpetrate mass killings.
15-Oct-2000
Delhi Police arrested four persons and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from a city market in Azadpur. Police said that the cache was smuggled into India from Pakistan through the Western border and was being routed through the capital for final delivery at Jalandhar in Punjab. It is suspected that this cache, which includes small and automatic guns, ammunition, explosives, and other equipment, was to be used by the Babbar Khalsa group. Police have attributed this to Pakistan's efforts to revive the dormant terrorist movement in Punjab by some Khalistani outfits.
26-Jul-2000
A top smuggler, suspected to be an important member of the narco-terrorism network backed by Pakistan’s ISI was arrested in Jalandhar District. He is suspected to have earlier aided the escape of a top KCF leader, Rattandeep Singh, involved in a Chandigarh bomb blast, from India to Pakistan on July 12, 1999.
14-May-2000
Union Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the government was 'actively considering' releasing Punjab terrorists, now in prison but were not facing any serious charges for their pro-Khalistan views during militancy in Punjab. With militancy having ended in Punjab, the cases of those detained could be reviewed, Advani said.
07-May-2000
Kapurthala Police arrested four terrorists belonging to the KCF (Panjwar) group and recovered nine kg of RDX from them.
31-Mar-2000
According to Police and intelligence sources, efforts are on by some Khalistani militant outfits based in Pakistan, Germany the USA and Belgium to re-establish their contacts in India. The sources feel that the outfits, which include the Babbar Khalsa, the KCF and other militant outfits, are compelled to show some kind of activities in India to their sponsors, including the ISI of Pakistan, to sustain their funds and donations.
28-Mar-2000
Police arrested a KCF (Zaffarwal) terrorist, Raj Pal Singh along with a revolver and some ammunition from Gurdaspur in Punjab. Singh had been active from 1991 to 1994 and had made several trips to Pakistan to bring consignments of arms and ammunition. He was arrested while returning from Jammu after meeting his associates and other Jammu-based terrorists.
25-Mar-2000
Police claim to have solved the mystery surrounding a series of train and bus blasts in Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Delhi with the arrest of three militants of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF).
14-Mar-2000
Two KCF terrorists, alleged to be working for Pakistan’s ISI, were arrested in Gurdaspur along with a revolver, explosives and trigger mechanisms. Official sources said that the two were on a mission to trigger explosions in buses and trains.
28-May-1999
A blast occurred between Rajpura and Shambu railway stations, resulting in the blowing up of a three-foot section of railway track.
16-Apr-1999
There was a bomb blast at the lower parapet of the outer wall of the telephone exchange in Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar.
30-Mar-1999
An explosion occurred in close proximity to the post office and telephone exchange in Sirhind.
25-Feb-1999
A bag containing RDX material was discovered near the bridge connecting Rajpura and Ambala railway stations.
12-Feb-1999
A bomb was recovered from the ventilator of a room at Laxmi Narain Ayurvedic College, located near Lohgarh Gate in Amritsar.
22-Jan-1999
An explosive device was planted at the park in Gobindgarh Bus Stand, located in Fatehgarh Sahib district.
18-Oct-1998
A bomb was found in an unreserved second-class compartment of Jan Sewa Express at Sirhind Railway Station in Fatehgarh Sahib.
08-Aug-1998
There was an explosion near the State Bank of India on Ramtirath Road, close to the containment area in Amritsar.
20-May-1998
SGPC decided to withdraw kar-sewa being done by various saints in Golden Temple complex. They removed doors and partition in the parikrama rooms and requested the Singh Sahiban not to interfere in its work.