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Nishtha Anushree
Mar 25, 2024, 12:23 PM | Updated 12:23 PM IST
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A video surfaced where US-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun claims that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received $16 million funding from Khalistani groups between 2014-2022.
The banned terror outfit Sikhs For Justice's (SFJ) founder Pannun also claimed that jailed Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal offered to release terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar in exchange for money.
Bhullar is a convict of the 1993 Delhi Bomb Blast that killed nine people and injured 31 outside Youth Congress headquarters. His capital punishment was commuted to life sentence in 2014.
Pannun alleges that a meeting took place in 2014 between Kejriwal and pro-Khalistan Sikhs at Gurdwara Richmond Hills, New York where the former agreed to get Bhullar released in exchange for financial support.
The allegations come at a time when Kejriwal is already under the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody over the alleged liquor policy scam that caused loss to the Delhi exchequer.
Nishtha Anushree is Senior Sub-editor at Swarajya. She tweets at @nishthaanushree.