AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat police have registered an FIR towards Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the chief of banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), for threatening to show the Cricket World Cup, beginning on October 5 at Narendra Modi stadium right here, into “World Terror Cup”, an official mentioned on Friday. Within the first data report (FIR), the Cyber Crime Department of the Ahmedabad police mentioned individuals from throughout the nation have acquired Pannun’s menace by way of a pre-recorded voice message despatched from a international quantity.
The criticism filed by sub-inspector H N Prajapati of the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Department mentioned it has come to their discover that many individuals acquired a pre-recorded menace voice message from the cellphone quantity +447418343648. Many recipients of the menace message reported it to the police by means of varied mediums, the FIR mentioned.
“The pre-recorded message, which performs after the cell phone consumer picks up the decision, mentioned October 5 wouldn’t be the beginning of the Cricket World Cup however the starting of “World Terror Cup’. Sikhs for Justice goes to storm Ahmedabad with Khalistani flags,” knowledgeable Assistant Commissioner of Police Jitu Yadav of the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Department quoting the FIR.
“We’re going to take revenge for Shaheed Nijjar’s assassination. We’re going to use ballots towards your bullets. We’re going to use vote towards your violence. Bear in mind fifth October, it won’t be the World Cricket Cup, will probably be starting of World Terror Cup… Message from Gurpatwant Singh Pannun,” mentioned the FIR quoting the transcribed message.
As per the FIR, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is designated as a terrorist by the Authorities of India and is operating an organisation referred to as Sikhs for Justice from a international nation. Pannun is attempting to unfold worry, create enmity between Sikhs and different communities and take pleasure in terror actions within the nation, and earlier too he had indulged in such nefarious actions, particularly on social media platform X, previously Twitter, the FIR added. The Cricket World Cup 2023 will start at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi stadium on October 5.
Pannu and his unidentified associates, who unfold this voice message, had been booked on Indian Penal Code sections 121-A (conspiring to wage battle towards the state) 153A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith, race, and so forth) and 153B (making statements selling disharmony between completely different teams). Police mentioned.
They had been additionally booked underneath related sections of the Info Know-how Act and the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act or UAPA, mentioned ACP Yadav.
“For the reason that inaugural cricket match will happen in Ahmedabad, largely metropolis residents acquired that decision two days in the past. When you choose up, that pre-recorded message is heard. Nobody has been arrested but. Since Pannu is a international nationwide, we’ll provoke a authorized course of prescribed by the Union authorities to safe his custody. We may also search assist from Central companies,” Yadav instructed reporters right here.
Notably, such messages by the pro-Khalistan group, threatening to storm the stadium right here, had been launched in March too forward of the India-Australia cricket match right here, mentioned Yadav. At the moment, the Cyber Crime Department had arrested seven individuals from completely different components of the nation for alleged involvement in sending such pre-recorded messages in bulk utilizing a tool referred to as ‘simbox’, mentioned Yadav. He mentioned although the newest name seems to be constructed from a international nation (United Kingdom because the code is +44), the technical crew of the Cyber Crime Department is engaged on figuring out the precise supply of the calls because the accused could be utilizing Web name expertise to point out that the calls are worldwide.
The menace message from Pannun comes amid a diplomatic stand-off between India and Canada over the killing of designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar exterior a Gurdwara in Surrey within the western Canadian province of British Columbia on June 18.
