Professional-Khalistan terrorist Lakhbir Singh Rode has reportedly died of a coronary heart assault in Pakistan. Rode, nephew of the slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was the self-styled chief of the banned outfits Khalistan Liberation Pressure (KLF) and Worldwide Sikh Youth Federation (ISFY). In line with experiences within the media, the information of Lakhbir Singh Rode’s demise was confirmed by his brother and former Akal Takht Jathedar, Jasbir Singh Rode. He was reportedly cremated a day after he handed away.
Lakhbir Singh was listed as an ‘particular person terrorist’ below the UA(P)A and had fled to Pakistan round 1996-1997. He was 72 when he handed away.
Earlier in October, the Nationwide Investigation Company Particular Court docket in Punjab’s Mohali had ordered the confiscation of land belonging to Lakhbir Singh below Part 33 (5) of the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act. The court docket order stems from the registration of the case on October 1, 2021, which pertains to a number of costs, together with sections 3, 4, 5 & 6 of the Explosive Substances Act 1908; sections 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38 & 39 of UA(P) Act 1967, Part 21B, 27A, 29 of NDPS Act 1985, and part 120B of IPC.
In line with officers, the case was initially registered on September 16, 2021, below Sections Three and Four of the Explosive Substances Act at Metropolis Jalalabad police station, and entails a tiffin bomb blast that occurred on September 15, 2021, round 07:57 p.m. close to Punjab Nationwide Financial institution in Jalalabad city. The investigations revealed that Lakhbir was the mastermind of the entire conspiracy. “Working in collusion along with his Pakistan-based ‘masters’, Lakhbir Singh performed a key position in sending consignments of terror {hardware}, together with arms, ammunition, custom-made Tiffin bombs, grenades, explosives in addition to medication, to hold out terrorist acts, significantly bomb blasts, to instil concern and terror among the many individuals of Punjab,” stated the official based on an IANS report.