Tat Khalsa (sic: Babbar Khalsa) supporting activities of Sikh terrorists, claims Punjab police

I would like to point out that the headline used by this news organization is misleading, bordering on fraud. The headline states Tat Khalsa supports terrorist activity, when the article text states that nowhere and instead names Babbar Khalsa. Tat Khalsa and Babbar Khalsa are not interchangeable. I have therefore modified the thread title.
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KHANNA: Punjab police Monday claimed that Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Harminder Singh, main accused in the Shingar cinema blast case in Ludhiana was among the top leaders of Babbar Khalsa who is mastermind behind Ludhiana blast.


SSP Khanna Sukhminder Singh Mann said that he had been receiving funds to the tune of lakhs from Pakistan and England besides a few other European countries. He underwent training to use RDX in manufacturing bombs, use of hand grenades, all kinds of rifles and pistols in Pakistan. He was in touch with the BKI terrorists who were active in Pakistan.

Harminder Singh who has reward of Rs.five lakh on his head was arrested along with three others who are members of an outfit, the Shiromani Tat Khalsa. He said that Tat Khalsa was supporting activities of Babbar Khalsa in India. The other three have been identified as Jaswinder Singh from Rajpura, Manjinder Singh of Hussainpura village near Rajpura and Gurjant Singh of Jangpura village near Rajpura.

A case under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, Section 25 of the Arms Act and Sections 17,18,20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been registered against them at the city police station, Khanna.

He is the mastermind of Shingar cinema blast that took place on October 14, 2007. He had been hiding in Pakistan and Nepal and was organising terrorist activities in India after the blast in Ludhiana.

The SSP said Harminder jumped off the rooftop while evading arrest and suffered a fracture on his right leg. The SSP also refuted the claims of relatives and friends of other three arrested who claimed that they were innocent.

SSP claimed that other three accused were active members of the Shiromani Tat Khalsa and Jaswinder Singh was one of the five top leaders of the organisation and they were involved in the protest against holding Divya Jyoti Jagran Sansthan function at Ludhiana in December 2009. They were involved in blasts at Ambala on April 13, 2010, and on April 21, 2010, near Sat Narain Mandir in Patiala.

Three kg RDX explosives, four detonators, four timer devices along with a fuse wire, two empty pipes to be used for making bombs, one AK-47 rifle with 50 cartridges, one .30 bore pistol with 68 cartridges, 2322 US dollars, Rs 57,000 in cash and a fake voter ID card in the name of Baljit Singh was recovered from them.

The police officials said the informer who gave them a tip-off before the arrest of these terrorists would be rewarded Rs 5 lakh and his identity would not be disclosed. Cops who worked hard to nab the accused would also be rewarded by the DGP. The arrested terrorists have been sent to police remand till July 24
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http://punjabnewsline.com/content/ta...b-police/22143

 
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Related story at this link, confirming it is Babbar Khalsa

http://www.dailytimesindia.com/2010/07/143055.htm

This is my letter to the editor of punjabnewsonline

Dear Sir or Madam:

Your online paper published an article July 19,2010, with the title, "Tat Khalsa supporting activities of Sikh terrorists, claims Punjab police."

http://punjabnewsline.com/content/ta...b-police/22143

The title states a gross distortion and one that I am suprised the editorial staff did not correct. The text of the article talks about the activities of members of Babbar Khalsa. Nowhere in the text of the article is Tat Khalsa mentioned. News coverage of this event in other electronic venues did not use the term Tat Khalsa in the title or body of the coverage. Moreover, Tat Khalsa and Babbar Khalsa are entirely different concepts.
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Here is a link to a reasonable description of the history and orientation of Tat Khalsa.

http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/sikhism/tat.html
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In brief Tat Khalsa is a movement that formed in the late 19th Century in opposition to the influence of Sant Samaj. Today some authorities within the Punjab government and SGPC are leaning toward accommodation with Sant Samaj. This new direction has sparked controversies within the Sikh panth, in particular regarding the Nanakashai Calendar and the importance of Dasam Granth. But there is no need to link Tat Khalsa to terrorism. It is in fact bordering on fraud to do so.

I hope you will correct your error.

Sincerely yours,
Narayanjot Kaur

I did just a wee bit of research. Tat Khalsa Singh Sabha seems to be pretty much the ordinary devout Sikh today. See: Tat Khalsa Singh Sabha



Babbar Khalsa International is a group formed originally in response to the Nirankari Massacre of 1978. It is a prioKhalistan activist group that has gotten very bad press, especially from Kim Bolan and her minions. It is legally considered a terrorist group by much of the world, including my beloved Canada, among others, so let me say no more.
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The Wikipedia article is pretty good. See:
For a very biased antiBKI but comprehensive list of supposed BKI activities from the South Asia Terrorism Portal (satp) see: Babbar Khalsa International SATP Report.

I have received an answer from the editor of punjabnewsonline. The editor was gracious in his reply. However the answer raises more questions regarding the state of the truth about who is a terrorist and who is not.
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Here is the answer, paraphrased. I don't want to publish verbatim an email from another person.
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SSP Khanna in a press conference stated that the Tat Khalsa supports the activities of Babbar Khalsa. The account of this press conference was reported in more than one newspaper, including more than one Punjab newspaper. The editor believes that SSP Channa was not correct on this point, it is the official police version. The editor also stated that he will seek a clarification on this point.

What are the police talking about? (My question)

The editor also apologized if my religious sentiments were offended.

wharaguru ji khalsa wharaguru ji fetah
i would just like to say how also the indian goverment (i dont now when exactly) are minipulating minds and sayin BKI are a terroist group who supply guns,bombs and drugs for Pakistan why are they telling lies?