In a latest crackdown on the Khalistani terrorist nexus, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has raided multiple locations across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh today (September 27).NIA raids at various locations in 6 states today amid India-Canada rowAccording to the reports, the raids were underway at over 50 locations across the mentioned states.This development comes amid the diplomatic rift between India and Canada after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has alleged the potential link of the involvement of the Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, on his countrys soil on June 18. However, India has angrily refuted Trudeaus claims calling them “absurd” and “motivated.”As per the NIA sources, Khalistani elements based in other countries were funding overground workers in India through hawala channels for drugs and weapons.The probe agency has received inputs on the Khalistani-ISI and gangster nexus, they said.Moreover, the information retrieved from gangsters and Khalistanis arrested under the UAPA so far revealed that the nexus is involved in terrorist funding, weapon supply and conducting anti-national activities from foreign soil.On Wednesday, the raids were conducted at 30 locations in Punjab, 13 locations in Rajasthan, four locations in Haryana, two locations in Uttarakhand and separate locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.Raids at Khalistani terrorist propertiesEarlier, the NIA confiscated the US-based chief of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had made inciteful remarks against India and threatened Indo-Canadian Hindus to leave Canada, two properties in Amritsar and Chandigarh.The probe agency also confiscated 46 kanals of Pannuns agricultural land in his ancestral village of Khankot in Amritsar district.After this confiscation, the Khalistani terrorist has lost his rights to the properties and it will now belong to the government.Amid the India-Canada row, India recently announced temporarily suspending the issuance of visas to Canadian citizens and asked Ottawa to downsize its diplomatic presence in the country.
