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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Friday designated Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa as a terrorist. The 33-year-old belongs to the Khalistani group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and planned the rocket attack on the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali in 2021 besides other terrorist activities, the MHA said.
Landa, who hails from Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, had fled to Canada in 2017. He is considered to be close to Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh, alias Rinda, who had joined hands with the BKI.
A notification issued by the MHA stated: “Lakhbir Singh alias Landa, presently residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada belongs to Babbar Khalsa International.. Landa backed by cross border agency was involved in the terror attack through shoulder mounted Rocket Propelled Grenade on the building of Punjab State Intelligence Headquarter at Mohali and has been involved in supply of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms, sophisticated weapons, explosives from across the border to various modules for carrying out terrorist activities in the Punjab.”
“…And whereas, an open ended warrant has been issued against Landa and a Look Out Circular was issued on June 9, 2021… And whereas, the Central government believes that Landa is involved in terrorism and he is to be added as a terrorist,” it stated.
Land is also accused of planting an IED beneath the car of a police sub-inspector in Amritsar.
The MHA statement said: “…And whereas, Landa has also been involved in various criminal cases related to raising of terror modules, extortion, killings, planting IEDs, smuggling of weapons and narcotics and using funds or proceeds thereof for terrorist acts in Punjab and other parts of the country… Landa and his associates have been conspiring to disrupt the peace, law and order in Punjab by carrying out targeted killings, extortions and other anti-national activities in different parts of India,” it said.
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