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India declares Canada-based Babbar Khalsa International member Lakhbir Singh Landa ‘an individual terrorist’

The Union Home Ministry has designated Lakhbir Singh Landa, a Canada-based member of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), an “individual terrorist” under Section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The Ministry said that the 34-year-old Singh, backed by a cross-border agency, was involved in the terror attack through shoulder-mounted rocket propelled grenade (RPG) on the building of the Punjab Police’s intelligence headquarters at Mohali, and has been involved in the supply of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), arms, sophisticated weapons and explosives from across the border to various modules for carrying out terrorist activities in Punjab.

The BKI is listed as a terrorist organisation at serial number 1 of the First Schedule, UAPA, it added.

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