Sikh militants nabbed under ISA extradited to India

The Sun
by Charles Ramendran

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 18, 2011): Three suspected Sikh militants sought by Indian police after they fled to Malaysia last year have been deported to India.

They were arrested by Bukit Aman under the Internal Security Act (ISA) two weeks ago.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar said the three Indian nationals – restaurant owner Amarjit Singh Jasvir Singh, 28, music teacher Daljit Singh Ajaib Khalsa, 37, who were both in Kuala Lumpur, while building contractor Kawal Singh Soundh, 39, who lived in Selangor – were detained on Aug 4 on suspicion of being members of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).

The group is said to be involved in terrorist activities in India.

Khalid said in a statement today that investigations showed that the three suspects had extended logistics support to senior operatives of the India-based militant group.

Khalid said the men, who are wanted by Punjab police, were extradited and handed over to the Indian authorities on Tuesday.

Punjab police officials had said last year that at least four senior Sikh militants from the BKI and Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF) were holed up in the Kuala Lumpur after fleeing India.

The officials reportedly said the four men were smugglers and supplied the militant groups with firearms with a plot to attack Punjab.

Meanwhile, Federal CID director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said, in a statement, that a task force comprising Kuala Lumpur and Selangor police personnel has been formed to track down the culprits behind the recent spate of acid splash attacks in the Klang Valley.

He said police are viewing the cases very seriously and have released a photofit image of a suspect to the media.

Mohd Bakri also clarified that the latest cases involving sales promoter Mohd Raffie Abd Latiff, 28, on and Winson Ng, 24, was not the work of the serial acid splasher who had injured more than a dozen people including primary school students since March and has been lying low after his last strike on a victim in June.

He said police are working round the clock to track down the attackers.