Babbar Khalsa International operative accused in Qila Lal Singh grenade attack arrested in Delhi: Report
On, Monday, another man allegedly linked to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) was injured in a police encounter near Chappar Chiri, while three of his accomplices were arrested from separate locations across Punjab in connection with the recent Aerocity firing incident.
Babbar Khalsa, officially Babbar Khalsa International, is a Khalistani militant organisation that aims to create an independent nation-state of Khalistan in the Punjab region.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
India.com
26 minutes ago
- India.com
Is US using Pakistan against India? Big revelation on Trump's 'Muneer card'
New Delhi: America, which calls itself the champion of democracy, is building up relations with Pakistan's military leadership. US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for lunch at the White House. What do US-Pakistan relations against India convey? In such a situation, it is suspected that the Trump administration can snub India anytime regarding the Balochistan issue. However, there is certainly no truth in these allegations, and their lie will not have any effect on India. But we have seen that in the case of Khalistan in Canada, the poor strategy of America spoiled the relations with India. Later, America got out of the way, but Justin Trudeau had to pay the price for it, and he had to resign from the post of Prime Minister of Canada even before completing his term. Pakistan is already running propaganda Pakistan is already running a campaign to defame India without any evidence. Pakistan alleges that India gives money to Baloch rebels in its country. The ban imposed by the US State Department on Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Majeed Brigade has given Pakistan a new opportunity to escalate this issue. Now it is trying to internationalize this matter further. Now, it is feared that America can also agree with Pakistan at any time. America has already accused India America has also arrested a person of Indian origin, Nikhil Gupta, in a similar case. America claims that Nikhil Gupta had conspired to kill Khalistani terrorist and its citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. Apart from this, America also claimed that a former Indian government official, Vikas Yadav, is also involved in this conspiracy. America itself had given some information to the then Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, about the murder of another Khalistani terrorist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, based on which he accused India of being involved in this murder. However, Trudeau had admitted that he did not have any evidence. How much global trust does Trump enjoy? Many strategic experts believe that after Donald Trump became the President, the US regime has become unpredictable. Nobody knows what Trump is going to do next. The whole world has seen Trump's U-turn in the case of China. Trump won the presidential election by making statements against China, but today, Trump has got close to the same China. At the same time, India, which was America's closest ally in the Indo-Pacific and its main weapon against China, is facing Trump's secondary tariff. In such a situation, the possibility cannot be ruled out that Trump may link the Baloch rebels to India at any time to please Pakistan.
Hans India
26 minutes ago
- Hans India
Gang violence and Khalistani extremism threaten Canada's safety: Report
Canada faces a nexus of gang-driven extortion and Khalistani extremism, threatening public safety, community trust, and bilateral ties with India, a report cited on Monday. Recently, Surrey's 'Kaps Cafe' restaurant, owned by Indian comedian Kapil Sharma and his wife Ginni Chatrath, was riddled with bullets for the second time in less than a month. On August 7, attackers fired at least 25 rounds into the cafe and left behind a Molotov cocktail-like device (crude bomb). The brazen daylight attack came just weeks after a similar shooting on July 10, shortly after the cafe opened, a report in 'Khalsa Vox' mentioned. 'The Kap's Cafe attacks were allegedly claimed by members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, a criminal organisation notorious in India for extortion and contract killings. Its reach into Canada, aided by encrypted apps and diaspora networks, demonstrates how seamlessly Indian gangs have globalised their operations," the report highlighted. "What complicates this crisis further is the ideological layer of Khalistani extremism. While the August 7 attack bore the Bishnoi gang's fingerprints, the July 10 assault was claimed on social media by Harjit Singh Laddi, an alleged Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) fugitive," it added. The report mentioned that the attacks in Surrey are not isolated crimes, but reflect a broader crisis where gangsters, terrorists, and ideological extremists intersect, undermining Canada's security and social harmony. It emphasised that Ottawa cannot simply treat this as a local law enforcement matter and must respond decisively by implementing stronger laws against transnational gangs. Additionally, the report stressed that the Canadian authorities must establish closer intelligence-sharing with India and remain committed to addressing Khalistani extremism without political hesitation. According to the report, though the political response has been rhetorically strong, it has not yielded any concrete results. Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has urged Ottawa to designate the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist organisation, asserting that extortion and targetted shootings constitute 'economic terrorism'. Similar demands have been made by Canadian leaders in British Columbia, Alberta, and Brampton. Canada, however, the report stated, remains cautious. It added that designating the Bishnoi gang a terror outfit would carry significant legal and diplomatic effects, allowing authorities to freeze assets and increase surveillance. Such a move would support India's longstanding demand for strong measures against Khalistani extremists taking refuge in Canada. 'For too long, Canada has downplayed this growing nexus. The bullets fired into Kap's Cafe should be a wake-up call: this is no longer just about extortion — it is about safeguarding Canada's credibility, safety, and unity,' the report noted.
India Today
11 hours ago
- India Today
Will Trump use this Pakistani tool as leverage against India?
There is hardly any lever that the Trump White House is incapable of pulling. That's why the US' labelling of two Baloch outfits as foreign terrorist organisations and the recent bonhomie with Pakistan begs a question. Will the Trump administration try its hand at mudslinging at India on the Baloch issue? That the mud won't stick is a given, but even an attempt might have consequences, as was revealed in the Trudeau question, though in the "realm of speculation", as an expert put it, isn't without a has been running a smear campaign against India, without a shred of evidence, alleging that New Delhi finances the Baloch rebels. The US State Department's proscribing the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Majeed Brigade gives Pakistan the opportunity to bolster the narrative. It has already jumped onto the case of the US, it has shown that eagerness with the arrest of an Indian-origin person, Nikhil Gupta, and by charging a former Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, in an alleged plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh was the US that gave Justin Trudeau, then Prime Minister of Canada, whatever little intel on the murder of another Khalistani, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, making him jump to accuse the government of India of involvement. Though Trudeau admitted he had no evidence, he ended up dragging down Indo-Canada ties to rock such mud-slinging can result in is apparent from the tattered bilateral ties. Months after Trudeau's exit by the backdoor, India and Canada are still on the repair Donald Trump as the President, America's foreign policy and ties with its partners are as unpredictable as Shillong's weather — sudden rain on a sunny day, and then back to bright skies. Will Trump, who has resorted to extreme punitive tariffs on India, use the BLA-Majeed Brigade lever?"Islamabad has had a history of attempting to accuse New Delhi of backing the Baloch without any evidence to support it. Given the warming ties between the US and Pakistan, the prospect of the terror labelling of these Baloch outfits being used as leverage against India cannot be ruled out," defence and strategic expert Sandeep Unnithan tells India Today security expert Tara Kartha says the recent US move "won't have a direct bearing on India", but adds a rider — Trump's unpredictability."You can't rule out anything with Trump. I doubt if he would directly and randomly attack India. There are bureaucrats and veteran officers still in charge. While Trump is capable of anything, the administration is not," says expert and author Sushant Sareen doesn't believe the US, as of now, has any plans to target any India-linked individual or entity with the terror tag on the BLA and the Majeed sees it more as DC's balancing act and "hyphenation" of the Baloch entities with the Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance is Pakistan's most resource-rich province. While the Punjab power centre exploited its resources for decades, it ignored its people. The Baloch have been fighting for their rights and independence since Pakistan's DUPLICITOUS PAKISTAN LINKED BALOCH REBELS TO INDIAPakistan, whose biggest exports have been terrorists and donkeys, has its bucket of shame full. That is why it has tried to project the fight for self-determination by the Balochis as an insurgency that is backed by has always maintained that it has no role to play in the rebellion in Balochistan, but in 2009, a duplicitous Pakistan managed to get PM Manmohan Singh to sign a statement in Sharm El-Sheikh with the mention of terrorism and has since then used the Sharm El-Sheikh joint statement to claim India's "admission" to its "role" in the restive Kartha, who was associated with the National Security Council Secretariat for 17 years, says that Pakistan would try to use this labelling of the BLA and the Majid Brigade by the US to bolster its false narrative of India promoting insurgency in Balochistan."This move by the US is an indication of Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir being received well in the White House. Munir has been coordinating with Centcom commanders, and this is a thank-you gift," says TRUMP USE BLA BRANDING TO TARGET INDIAN INTERESTS?The BLA was labelled a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in the latest move, the State Department designated the BLA and the Majeed Brigade as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO), and added the Majeed Brigade as an alias to BLA's previous SDGT FTO designation of the Baloch outfits criminalises any material support, logistical, financial, or otherwise, to the group within US jurisdiction. It authorises the freezing of assets in the US of any individual found to be funding the BLA or the Majeed any Indian entity or individual be targeted with this FTO designation?"In a way, this US move can be seen as a hyphenation — the TRF, a proxy of LeT, was banned some weeks ago, and now the Majeed Brigade, a proxy of BLA, has been listed," says Sareen, a Senior Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF)."The sanctions on the BLA and Majeed Brigade are US sanctions and applicable to the US in the main. I don't think as of now the Americans are going to target any Indian-linked individual or entity for any links with BLA," he says, adding that the sanctions won't stop the activities of the Baloch HAS JUMPED TO LINK KULBHUSHAN JADHAV TO JAFFAR EXPRESSPakistan has lost no time in using the BLA and MB terror tags to target Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry called the ban on "Indian-sponsored terrorist organisations" and its sub-groups a "victory for Pakistan"."The ban [was] imposed on the BLA and other terrorist organisations on the basis of the evidence provided regarding the Kulbhushan Jadhav and Jaffar Express terrorist attack," said Chaudhry, according to Samaa was a retired Indian Navy officer who was kidnapped in Iran and brought to Pakistan. He has been framed on false espionage rebels hijacked the Jaffar Express attack in March and held around 380 passengers hostage for two days. The stalemate ended with the death of 18 Pakistani soldiers and 33 BLA speaking of Jadhav and the Jaffar Express attack in the same breath exposes Pakistan's nefarious designs to link India to the Baloch IS BUILDING A NARRATIVE. WILL TRUMP USE IT?"The most important dividend to Pakistan would be Indian discomfiture being a BLA financier and supporter. Pakistan can now garner better international support besides framing India as a terrorist abetter," wrote Raashid Wali Janjua, of the think tank Islamabad Policy Research Institute, on US, which has got an Indian-origin person extradited and arrested in the Pannun case and supplied dirt to Canada in the Nijjar cases, might get a new handle with the Baloch ban. Trump's recent bonhomie with Munir and trade war with India makes mud-slinging a possibility.A defence expert, requesting anonymity, told India Today Digital that the new terror branding of the Baloch groups seems to be part of a wishlist to Trump by Munir for cooperating on the Iran front."Though things are in the realm of speculation, we all know where things are headed," the expert most experts do not think that the US would use the Baloch ban against India, they also agree on the unpredictability of the Trump White House. Any mud thrown on India won't stick, but the idea itself is uncomfortable.- EndsTune InMust Watch advertisement
