After Flags Outside Himachal Assembly, 'Khalistan Zindabad' Slogan Found On Park Wall In Punjab
In a shocking incident, Khalistan Zindabad' was seen painted on a wall in a park in Punjab's Faridkot on Friday.?
Officials moved swiftly to cover the slogan with paint and police are investigating the matter.
"Our team is there. CCTV footage is being checked. Teams are working on it and FIR has also been registered. Police has been kept on alert, Naka-check post has also been set up," SSP Faridkot said.
One arrested in connection with Khalistan flag in HP?
?The incident comes days after a man was arrested in Punjab in connection with the Khalistan flags seen on the main gate of the Himachal Pradesh winter assembly in Dharamshala.
The man had allegedly tied the flags on Sunday and scrawled slogans on the Assembly's walls.
The accused, identified as Harvir Singh was arrested from Punjab and brought to Himachal.
Earlier, Himachal Pradesh Police had booked боSikhs for Justice' leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and had sealed the state's borders after the flags triggered a massive controversy.
ISI activating Khalistani sleeper cells?
According to Intelligence Agencies, Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has started activating the sleepers cells of Khalistani terror group in Punjab and began roping in youngsters.
IANS, citing top Intelligence officials reported that these sleeper cells are circulating literature of the Khalistani group and funds are being managed through hawala channel.?
Pakistan has also activated the Khalistani members who are settled in Canada, the US and UK to fund Punjab-based youngsters aimed at creating mayhem in Punjab.
"The pro-Khalistani elements in Punjab were not in hibernation but active on a low key affair and trying to revive militancy in the border state with anti-India activities such as peddling drugs and arms through its sleeper cells," the sources in the Intelligence grid said.
Recent incident in Punjab under scanner?
They also said that the recent spurt in the violence incidents like attack on the Punjab Police's intelligence headquarter, blast at a Ludhiana court on December 23 last year were two major incidents that have been executed by the Khalistani militants suggest that these anti-India elements have been trying to revive militancy in the border state.
The sources further said that the incidents have been on rise after the drones being used by the Khalistani militants hiding in Pakistan. It is learnt that the ISI got a huge number of drones from China and Turkey and some of them are given to Khalistani leaders operating from Pakistan to transport arms and drugs.?
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