Khalistan Commando Power chief Panjwar Singh shot useless

Panjwar, who was 63 years outdated, was labelled as a terrorist by India below the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act in July 2020.

Paramjit Singh Panjwar, the chief of the Khalistan Commando Power and Malik Sardar Singh, a wished terrorist in India, was shot useless by unknown assailants on Saturday whereas he went out for a morning stroll near his residence in Pakistan’s Lahore, in line with authorities.

When two gunmen opened fireplace on Panjwar and his guard in a park at Solar Flower Housing Society in Jauhar City of Lahore, they fled on a motorcycle.

Terrorist Chief Assassinated

In keeping with a high-ranking official from the Punjab Police in Pakistan, Panjwar Singh was shot within the head by gunmen and was declared useless upon arrival on the hospital. The officer additionally talked about that Panjwar’s guard was injured and later handed away on the identical day. 

Pakistani intelligence companies, such because the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Navy Intelligence (MI), and Counter-Terrorism Division, had been concerned within the investigation.

After the killing, the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) sealed off the world and initiated an investigation, prohibiting media personnel from getting into the crime scene. This incident represents one other case the place infamous terrorists have been focused outdoors India. 

In February of this 12 months, Bashir Ahmad Peer, a self-proclaimed chief of the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, was killed by unknown attackers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Focused Terror: String of Assassinations Shake Pakistan

Syed Khalid Raza, a former commander of the terrorist group Al Badr primarily based in Pakistan, was additionally killed in an identical method outdoors his Karachi residence throughout the identical month. Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger, often known as Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, an extremist from Kashmir who had joined the Islamic State (IS), was reportedly killed in February within the Afghan province of Kunar.

Because the investigation proceeded, a witness recounted to the CTD officers what that they had noticed. In keeping with the eyewitness, Panjwar and his guard had been current within the park at roughly 6 am when a gunman approached them and commenced capturing. The witness acknowledged that the assailant swiftly ran in the direction of the society gate and escaped with an confederate who had been ready for him outdoors.

In keeping with a supply in CTD, the perpetrators performed a week-long reconnaissance after recording feedback from a number of residents of the housing group. A few groups from the intelligence companies have been fashioned to apprehend the perpetrators and the community that supported them, he stated, including that “we now have an necessary clue concerning the killers.”

Sources throughout the Lahore police have disclosed that the investigation has been entrusted to the ISI, they usually have requested that the police not file an FIR till the ISI grants approval. Consequently, the companies have secured the crime scene whereas the Lahore police have been directed to face down.

Radical Sikh Chief Mourns Panjwar Singh’s Assassination

The assassination of Panjwar Singh has been deemed stunning by Kanwar Pal Singh, the chief of the novel Sikh group Dal Khalsa, in India. Kanwar Pal Singh revealed that he had recognized Panjwar for a few years, and the 2 had collaborated below the Panthic Committee through the top of militancy within the early Nineteen Nineties. Panjwar was extremely thought to be a devoted fighter for the Sikh trigger, and throughout the militant ranks, he was referred to as “Bhau,” a time period that refers to a revered elder brother in Tarn Taran, the city the place he was born in 1960.

In 1986, Panjwar joined the KCF (Khalistan Commando Power), led by Sukhdev Singh, often known as Sukha Sipahi, a police constable in Punjab, India. Nevertheless, in 1989, Sipahi was killed in a police encounter in Hoshiarpur. Following his dying, Kanwarjit Singh of Sultanwind in Amritsar turned the KCF’s chief, with Panjwar as his second-in-command.

After Kanwarjit Singh’s dying, Panjwar assumed management of the KCF. In 1995-96, he fled to Pakistan and had been residing in Lahore, though he had not been actively concerned within the group’s actions for a number of years. As an alternative, he targeted on organizing weapons coaching for younger folks in Pakistan, supplying arms and ammunition, and facilitating infiltration into India to focus on VIPs and financial installations.