Attack on Indian High Commission in London: In a serious breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a key accused in the 2023 case referring to the violent attack on the High Commission of India, London, and illegal actions throughout the subsequent protests.
Inderpal Singh Gaba, a resident of Hounslow, UK, has been arrested for finishing up illegal actions throughout the protests that came about on March 22, 2023, an announcement issued by the company stated.
What NIA investigations revealed?
NIA investigations in the case to date have revealed that the incidents in London on March 19 and 22 final yr had been half of a bigger conspiracy to unleash vicious assaults on the Indian missions and its officers.
The assaults in London in March 2023 had been discovered to be in retaliation to the motion taken by the Punjab Police towards pro-Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh on March 18, 2023, it added. Further investigations in the case are persevering with, the assertion stated.
The Punjab Police had initiated an intensive manhunt to apprehend Amritpal Singh and had labeled him a fugitive. A month later, he surrendered himself to the Moga Police in Punjab and was subsequently arrested.
Attack on Indian mission in London
A tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission in London was grabbed at by a bunch of protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags and chanting pro-Khalistani slogans on March 19. The nationwide flag was pulled down throughout the protest by pro-Khalistani components. Videos of the incident confirmed a number of protesters carrying the yellow and black Khalistan flag and calling for radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh to be “freed”.
The movies additionally confirmed one of many protesters clambering onto a balcony and flattening the Indian flag from a pole on the entrance of the excessive fee to cheers from the opposite males. British policemen arrived on the scene and prevented the protestors from approaching an entrance of the Indian High Commission.
MHA palms over case to NIA
In April 2023, the case was handed over to the NIA by the Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization (CTCR) division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The MHA took the choice at hand over the case to the NIA following a gathering with UK representatives in the month of April.
The Centre additionally amended the NIA Act in August 2019, empowering the company to analyze terror actions towards Indians and Indian pursuits overseas aside from cyber crimes and human trafficking.
The anti-terror company had registered a First Information Report (FIR) based mostly on the orders of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and commenced its probe. The company took over the case from Delhi Police, which registered an FIR in the matter below the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and is at present investigating it.
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