NIA arrests close aide of KTF operators Arshdeep Dala, Manpreet Peeta
Chandigarh, June 8: NIA has arrested Gagandeep Singh alias Miti, a close aide of two foreign-based operatives of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), namely Canada-based Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dala and Philippines-based Manpreet Singh and Peeta, the agency informed on Thursday.
Gagandeep Singh had been working with Dala and Peeta, helping them smuggle weapons across the border. He was also involved in an extortion racket to raise funds for the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). Dala and Peeta have been constantly recruiting fresh cadres throughout India to carry out KTF activities.
Gagandeep Miti, on the other hand, is the fifth person to be arrested as part of NIA's crackdown on the organised crime syndicate and network being operated by Arsh Dala and Manpreet Peeta in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan in a case related to the terror activities of chiefs and members of proscribed pro-Khalistan terrorist organisations.
Dala and Peeta are working at the behest of Harjit Nijjar, KTF’s self-styled chief who is currently based in Canada. Nijjar was also designated as an ‘individual terrorist’ by the MHA in July 2020.
They have been raising funds through extortion and other means, and carrying out smuggling of arms, ammunition and explosives across the border.
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