Punjab: NIA Seizes Assets of Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, Leader of Banned Khalistani Group Sikh for Justice (SFJ)

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:23am on 23 Sep 2023,Saturday India

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has confiscated properties owned by Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu in Chandigarh and Amritsar. The seizures were made under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act based on a 2020 NIA case declaring Pannu a proclaimed offender. Notices were posted marking the seizure of Pannu's Chandigarh residence share and 46 kanals of ancestral farmland in Amritsar. Pannu heads the US-based SFJ, which was banned in India for promoting secessionism. The confiscations signal the NIA's crackdown on Khalistani extremism and terror funding channels.

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