Babbar Khalsa-Linked Canada-Based Gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa Declared Terrorist By India
34-year-old Lakhbir Singh Landa has been designated a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Mt. 1967 (37 of 1967), "Clause (a) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 35 of the said Act empowers the central government to add the name of an individual in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act if it believes that he is involved in terrorism", the MHA said in a statement on Friday.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has designated Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa as a terrorist.
34-year-old Landa has been designated a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Mt. 1967 (37 of 1967), "Clause (a) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 35 of the said Act empowers the central government to add the name of an individual in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act if it believes that he is involved in terrorism", the MHA said in a statement on Friday.
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Who is Lakhbir Singh Landa?
Landa, the son of Niranjan Singh and Parminder Kaur, is a permanent resident at VP0 Harike in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab, bordering Pakistan, but currently lives in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta in Canada.
Landa, who fled to Canada in 2017, is a member of the notorious Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), a pro-Khalistani terror outfit banned in India and designated as an international terrorist organisation by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, and Malaysia.
Babbar Khalsa International is listed as a terrorist organisation as per "number I of the First Schedule to the said Act."
Cases against Lakhbir Singh Landa
Landa has been wanted in India for various criminal cases and terror-related activities.
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According to the MHA, Landa is "involved in the supply of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms, sophisticated weapons, and explosives from across the border to various modules for carrying out terrorist activities in the State of Punjab, India".
Landa was also involved in various criminal cases related to the raising of terror modules, extortion, and killings. planting IEDs, smuggling weapons and narcotics and using funds or proceeds thereof for terrorist acts in Punjab and other parts of the country, it added.
Landa and his associates have also been conspiring to disrupt peace and law and order in Punjab by carrying out targeted killings, extortions and other anti-national activities in different parts of the country, the MHA added.
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Declared Proclaimed Offender in July
"An open-ended warrant has been issued against Lakhbir Singh Landa, and he is a subject of Look Out Circular No. 2144306 dated 09.06.2021," the statement added.
He was declared a Proclaimed Offender on July 27, 2023, and in August, the Special Court of the NIA ordered the confiscation of the property of the absconding pro-Khalistan terrorist under Section 33 (5) of the UA (P) Act, 1967 at his native village of Kirian in the Tarn Taran district.
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