Khalistan link: NIA raids 14 locations in Punjab, Haryana

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids at 14 locations in Punjab and Haryana in connection with its ongoing probe into attacks on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco in the US earlier this year.

According to NIA spokesperson, these places located in north India were raided to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the attacks on March 19 and July 2, involving criminal trespass, vandalism, damage to public property and attempts to cause hurt to the consulate officials  and set the building on fire through acts of arson.

The locations raided by the NIA were spread across the districts of Moga, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, Mohali and Patiala in Punjab and Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar in Haryana.

The crackdown led to the seizure of digital data containing information  related to the accused persons, along with other incriminating documents,  the spokesperson said.

Some of the  suspects whose premises were raided in Punjab on Wednesday allegedly have links to outlawed ‘unlawful Association’ Sikhs for Justice the sources said.

The agency move  comes two days after it announced to register a case against ‘listed individual terrorist’ Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the SFJ over his video threatening the passengers flying in Air India and the airlines with a global blockade and closure of its operations from November 19.