India    01-May-2016

Gangs of criminals operating in Punjab's border areas may be affecting the country's national security, the Indian Army's military intelligence (MI) unit has written a letter to Punjab Police, saying that criminals operating from state jails are running extortion rackets at military stations. The note has been sent after Fazilka-based gangster-turned-politician Jaswinder Singh Rocky was shot dead in a gang war in Himachal Pradesh's Solan District on May 1 morning. Showing no fear of the Police, rival gang members have for the past two days been gloating on social media about how they successfully hit Rocky.

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India    29-May-2016

Intelligence agencies in India have reportedly sent an alert to the Canada government about pro-Khalistan terrorists planning attacks in Punjab. Canadian Sikh Hardeep Nijjar is said to have taken over as the 'operational head' of KTF and formed a module of Sikh youths to carry out the strikes. Making a reference to the recent Pathankot attack, the report which has been submitted to the MEA to seek Nijjar's extradition said he was to arrange weapons from Pakistan but due to high alert on the border in the wake of Pathankot incident (January 2, 2016), it could not materialise. The disclosures were made in the report after an alleged KTF operative Mandeep Singh, was arrested in Ludhiana (Punjab) two weeks ago, following his phone calls to Pakistan-based terror outfit DKI 'chief' Gajinder Singh and Nijjar. The report added that Nijjar has been imparting arms training to his group in Canada after the arrest of former KTF 'chief' Jagtar Tara in Thailand by Interpol and was detained by Thai authorities when he was flying back from Lahore to Vancouver via Bangkok in 2015.

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