Khalistani Separatists, Wanted In India, Meet Fatal Ends In Canada, Pakistan, And UK

In just over a month, three Khalistani separatists including Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who were wanted in India have died.

Nijjar was killed in Surrey, Canada, following the death of Khalistan Commando Force chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar, also known as Malik Sardar Singh, in Pakistan on 6 May, reports Indian Express.

Panjwar, who was also on India's terror list, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while out on a morning walk near his home in Pakistan's Lahore.

India had designated Panjwar, aged 63, as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in July 2020.

Panjwar was a key leader of the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF), a listed terrorist organisation, and had been operating from Lahore. He was born in 1960 in Tarn Taran's Panjwar village.

Meanwhile, Avtar Singh Khanda, a UK-based Khalistan terrorist, died in a Birmingham hospital last week.

He led an attempt to vandalise the Indian High Commission in London in March and had assisted Amritpal Singh, the leader of Waris Punjab De, while he was on the run from Punjab Police.

Earlier in January 2020, Harmeet Singh, also known as Happy PhD, was shot dead near Lahore. He had played a crucial role in training Khalistan Liberation Force modules in India and some Gulf countries.

He was one of the accused in targeted killings in Punjab between 2016 and 2017. RSS leader Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja (retired) and Ludhiana pastor Sultan Masih were among the six victims of the attacks.

The list of wanted individuals in India includes those who have committed acts of violence in the name of Khalistan, such as Wadhawa Singh Babbar, Lakhbir Singh Rode, Ranjeet Singh Neeta, Bhupinder Singh Bhinda, Gurmeet Singh Bagga, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Paramjit Singh Pamma, Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dala, and Harwinder Singh Sandhu.

In June 2022, 75-year-old Ripudaman Singh Malik was shot dead in Surrey, Canada.

In 2005, Malik and his co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to the bombing of Air India flight 182 in 1985, which resulted in the deaths of 329 people. Malik was associated with the Babbar Khalsa.