But 1985 sure is, ain't it. By the way even if these incidents you posted are true , it will still remain a fact that Khalistan is a dead issue.Maybe abroad they are doing something but the failed in India big time.
Babbar Khalsa International activities in 2010 & 2011:
2011
March 13: Khalistani militant Jagtar Singh Tara, who was involved in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, is reportedly planning to launch his own outfit, Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) breaking away from the parent outfit BKI.
January 29: Former Deputy Speaker of Punjab, Bir Devinder Singh, reportedly received a threatening email from militant outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
2010
November 4: The Punjab Police recovered a bomb, two detonators, a .30 bore Chinese pistol and six live cartridges following interrogation of the recently arrested militants. Addressing a press conference, Fatehgarh Sahib Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) R S Khatra informed that after the interrogation of militant Jasmail Singh alias Sahib Singh, resident of Rupalheri village of the District, the Police recovered a bomb and two detonators from a hideout near Satluj Yamuna Link canal near Mehdoda village. He added that after the interrogation of another militant Rashpal Singh, a resident of Bhagora village in Nawashahar District, the Police recovered .30 bore China made pistol and six live cartridges. In his interrogation Jasmail Singh told the Police that he was also involved in killing of Tarna Dal chief Baba Ajit Singh Poohla in jail as he had provided kerosene oil in jail which was used in killing of Poohla, the SSP claimed. He said the militants wanted to kill Baba Mann Singh Pehowale. They had collected money and received a bomb and two detonators from Babbar Khalsa militant Ramandeep Singh Goldy, a resident of Bassi Pathana for this purpose. The militants had also planned to kill Additional Director General of Police (Vigilance Chief) Sumedh Singh Saini and even chased him at his farm house in Kansal. The SSP also claimed that the arrested militants had received money from Babbar Khalsa to revive terrorism in Punjab.The three militants, identified as Jasmail Singh alias Sahib Singh, Kulvinder Singh alias Kala and Arshpal Singh alias Rashpal Singh were arrested by a Police party near Buga Kanchian in the night of October 31 when they were travelling in a car.
October 23: The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) arrested a BKI terrorist, identified as Makkhan Singh, from Barhni area of Sidharthnagar District on the Indo-Nepal border. ATS personnel also recovered one mobile phone along with Indian and foreign currencies from the accused. Makkhan was arrested when he was going to Punjab to acquire a fresh passport to leave India.The arrestee, a resident of Garhshanker in Hoshiarpur District of Punjab, was involved in several cases of terrorist acts in Punjab. UP Additional Director General of Police (ATS) Brij Lal said on October 24 that Makkhan is a close associate of BKI chief Badhawa Singh, who is hiding in Pakistan at present. Makkhan had stayed in several foreign countries since 1987 and after returning to India in 1997, he joined the banned outfit. He also received terrorist training in Pakistan and stayed there for more than nine years. Makkhan sneaked into India from Gurudaspur (Punjab) border in November 2009 and assisted other people in terrorist acts. Makkhan is the second BKI terrorist arrested in UP after Gurjant Singh who was arrested in September, also from the Indo-Nepal border.
October 18: An alleged BKI operative Karanbir Singh escaped from Police custody under the pretext of going to the toilet. The incident occurred in Hoshiarpur District, when Police personnel and officers were interrogating Karanbir, who was booked for the murder of the head of a religious sect in June 2010. He escaped through a window. A reward of INR 5 lakh has been announced.Karanbir was arrested on October 17. An AK-47, an AK-56 assault rifle, two hand grenades, 5.4 kilograms of RDX, six magazines, 276 rounds of ammunition, two detonators, a timer device and a remote control were recovered from him.
October 10: A cadre of the KZF, who is also associated with the BKI, was arrested by Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The arrestee, identified as Gurjant Singh, was a native of Kurukshetra District in Haryana. An Italian pistol and some documents were seized from him. Gurjant reportedly acted as a link between KZF and BKI.
August 25: The IB warned that "inimical agencies" operating from "international bases" were trying to revive militancy in Punjab by forging an alliance between Khalistani outfits and the LeT. Calling attempts to revive Sikh militancy a worrisome trend, IB Chief Rajiv Mathur said, "There have been clear attempts by inimical agencies abroad to reactivate Sikh terrorist elements, forge nexus between LeT and terrorist groups like BKI and KZF and mobilise their resources for planning terrorist violence in Punjab and elsewhere in the country." Mathur, though, did not name any country or identified any agency, officials tracking the development later said interrogation of those arrested recently in Jalandhar and Amritsar in Punjab clearly hinted at their association with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.
July 28 The Punjab Police arrested five Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants with two AK-47 rifles and a huge quantity of ammunition and explosives, reports Indian Express. Pal Singh of Dhandowal village in Jalandhar, Kulwant Singh of Varpal village, Gurmukh Singh alias Gana of Pandori Mehma, Jagtar Singh of Thoba village in Amritsar and Darshan Singh Dhadi of Dhaliwal in Jalandhar were arrested with two AK-47 rifles, five magazines and 420 live rounds, including 200 armoured piercing cartridges, Superintendent of Police (SP) P. Mandeep Singh said, adding that a case under various sections of Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention)Act has been registered against them.
Addressing media persons at a press conference, SP Mandeep Singh said, "We nabbed Gurmukh and Kulwant from the Amritsar bypass and seized two AK-47 assault rifles and 420 cartridges from their possession. About 200 of the cartridges could penetrate bullet-proof vehicles", adds Hindustan Times. "Further investigation revealed that Kulwant, who is known to Narain Singh, alias Chaura, and Pal Singh, had received a consignment of RDX and weapons from Jagtar, which was later handed over to Narain. Subsequently, a part of the consignment was given to Pal Singh," the SP said.
July 22: The West Midlands Police in United Kingdom (UK) arrested four Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants, including the top leader Paramjit Singh Pamma, for their involvement in the killing of Rulda Singh, the Punjab-based chief of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh's (RSS) Sikh arm Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, according to Times of India. Pamma had fled to Europe from Punjab. The three other arrestees were identified as Gursharan Bir Singh, Piara Singh Gill and Amritbir Singh. Sources in Punjab Police said they were arrested in England on the basis of inputs provided by India where intelligence agencies tracked certain leads suggesting the BKI''s move to broaden its base in Punjab using its sympathisers in the State. As the killing of Rulda Singh involved Sikh extremism, the case is being investigated by the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the West Midland Police in UK.
Rulda Singh was shot near his residence in Patiala in July 2009 and Punjab Police had managed to arrest two accused Darshan Singh and Jagmohan Singh in September 2009. The interrogation of both the accused revealed the UK connection in the murder and that the assassination was planned by BKI's Pamma based in UK. The accused disclosed that acting at the behest of Jagtar Singh Tara and others of the BKI, Pamma planned the murder of Rulda. Tara had been arrested for his involvement in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minster Beant Singh but he managed to escape after digging a 94-long tunnel inside Burail prison in Chandigarh in 2003.
July 18: Punjab Police said that it had arrested four militants of the BKI and recovered weapons and explosives from them. The four include BKI commander Harmohinder Singh, who was the mastermind in the 2007 Ludhiana cinema blast. The other three were his accomplices and they were staying in a rented accommodation here for the past few weeks. Police have recovered 3.1 kilogram of RDX, an AK-47 and a revolver from them. "Following a tip-off from the family members of Harmohinder, we laid a trap and arrested him and his three accomplices from here Friday night. Harmohinder was one of the most wanted terrorist and he was planning some more terror activities in this region," Khanna's Deputy Superintendent of Police Manjit Singh Brar told IANS. According to Police sources, Harmohinder had fled to Pakistan after the 2007 blast and only returned a few months ago. His wife and other family members stay in Ludhiana.
June 22: The State Special Operation Cell of Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police with the interrogation of arrested BKI militant Nishan Singh recovered one AK-47 assault rifle, 110 cartridges, one revolver 32 bore and three automatic Chinese pistols, reports Punjab News line. However, Following Singh’s arrest, an Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) team had visited his village, Daleke, in Taran Taaran District of Punjab. The team recovered a huge cache of imported arms hidden in the farms by Singh. The weapons were sent from Pakistan. An ATS official said, "Investigations revealed that Singh’s family owns 13 acres of agricultural land and a house in Daleke. On digging the farms, we recovered an AK-47 rifle with 110 live rounds, one .32 Chinese made pistol, one 9mm Belgium made pistol with eight rounds, one .32 French made pistol and one .32 Kanpur ordnance factory made pistol with 10 live rounds were seized." The official added that Daleke is about 30 kilometres away from India-Pakistan border and the weapons were sent from Pakistan. "Singh has also said that in past 18 months, he had made dealings of 150 kilograms of heroine through his drug syndicate. We are investigating whether he had any drug network in Mumbai," the official said.
June 19: The Maharashtra State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a key BKI militant, who had been on the run after firing at Narcotic Control Bureau officials in Punjab in 2009. Nishant Singh Karam Singh (27), who is also allegedly involved in drug smuggling, was arrested from Chembur after he arrived in the Mumbai from Nanded with five of his associates. The Police have seized a 12 bore rifle with 24 rounds of cartridges, two Point 32 pistols and a Toyaota Innova from him. Singh has been remanded in Police custody till June 28. Singh, who was a sepoy in the army, had served in Kargil, Siachen and Jammu and Kashmir. He has not reported to duty for the past 4 years. "We have sent pictures and other details to the Punjab Police who are supposed to send a team to the city by late evening,’’ said ATS chief Rakesh Maria. Acting on a tip-off, the Nanded ATS unit, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police P. Sawant arrested Singh at Diamond Garden. When asked what was Singh doing in Mumbai, Maria said, "We have to interrogate him before making any comment.
June 18: The Punjab Police arrested a BKI militant from Bhagowal village near Batala area in Gurdaspur District. He was identified as Jagtar Singh, a resident of Bhagowal village under Qilla Lal Singh Police Station. Jagtar Singh was sent to Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) Amritsar for investigations, Batala Police sources said.
June 15: A suspected militant of the BKI, identified as Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha, has been arrested and 1.4 kilograms RDX, besides arms and ammunition, recovered in Amritsar District, Police said. ''After a secret tip-off, we arrested Sukhdev late Tuesday night from the border of Khalkian and Rattangarh villages. He was wanted in many pending criminal cases,'' Senior Superintendent of Police (Special Operation Cell) Malwinder Singh said. ''We have recovered 1.4 kilogram RDX, two pistols, one automatic machine gun and over 130 live cartridges from his possession. Our interrogation is on and we are trying to unearth other details from him,'' he added. Meanwhile, five persons have been arrested from a village in Amritsar and six kilograms of RDX as well 20 detonators, time-devices and heroin recovered from them, Police said on June 10, reports IANS. The special operation cell of the intelligence wing of Punjab Police raided a village in border District follow a tip-off, said a senior official. "We have arrested five accused and recovered six kilograms of RDX, 20 detonators, 10 time-devices, 10 metres of fuse wire and two kilograms heroin from their possession," the official told IANS on condition of anonymity. "Right now we are not in a position to tell from where they had procured these explosives and drugs. Their interrogation is on and very soon we will unearth the truth. We will look into all aspects and also try to ascertain whether they have any foreign links," he added.
June 14: Five suspected militants of the BKI have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days by the Dera Bassi court. Earlier, these militants were in Police custody. According to information, militants sent to judicial remand include Balbeer Singh, alias Bhootna, Nirmal Singh, alias Nimma, Avtar Singh, Daljit and Deepak. The accused had reportedly been involved in terrorist activities and arms and ammunition were also seized from their possession.
June 12: The Police arrested two suspected BKI militants and recovered a pistol and 10 live cartridges from their possession. Police said Balwinder Singh alias Binda and Manjinder Singh alias Manna, residents of Bijliwal village, were arrested from a fuel pump at Khanowal village under Kila Lal Singh Police Station in Gurdaspur District when they had gone there to get petrol for their motorcycle. They said Police was on look out for the duo and they were arrested following disclosures made by another BKI militant Harwant Singh alias PC, who was arrested by Patiala Police three months earlier. The two arrested suspects had hidden arms and ammunition in a water cooler they were carrying, Police said.
May 8: A car with two kilograms of explosives was found abandoned near a busy Railway Station in Amritsar, Police said. The vehicle reportedly carried a fake Delhi registration number. "The car (DEA 5554) was found near the crowded station," Amritsar Police Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma told IANS. "One detonator and two packets of explosives, weighing nearly two kg, were recovered from the vehicle. The packets have been sent to the laboratory to ascertain their exact content and the nature of the explosives. An extensive search operation has been launched in the area," he added. Although, so far, no particular terrorist outfit has taken the responsibility, Police believe this incident was part of the attempt of BKI and Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) elements to revive terrorism in Punjab.
April 17: A suspected Babbar Khalsa International BKI militant, identified as Avtar Singh, was arrested by Zirakpur Police from Materi village in Ambala on April 17. He was produced in the Derabassi court on April 18 from where he was sent in Police remand till April 22. Station House Officer Yogi Raj stated that they raided the accused’s hideout on a tip-off and arrested him from Materi village bus stand. He is said to be brother of another BKI cadre Purshotam Singh, who is living in France. According to Police sources, Purshotam was regularly sending money to BKI cadres in India to sustain their criminal activities.
March 30: A special court sentenced BKI militant Paramjit Singh Bheora to life imprisonment, after convicting him of involvement in the 1995 assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. A fine of INR 65000 was also slapped on Bheora, who was on March 29 convicted of criminal conspiracy for his involvement in the assassination of Beant Singh by a suicide bomber, Dilawar Singh,August 31, 1995, at the high-security Punjab Civil Secretariat complex in Chandigarh. Jagtar Singh Hawara, an accomplice of Bheora, was earlier sentenced to death in 2007 in the same case.
March 29: A BKI militant, identified as Piara Singh, a resident of Gattikatar village in Ferozepur, was arrested with 3.5 kilograms of RDX, which he had reportedly smuggled from Pakistan for supplying to BKImilitants in Punjab, Mohali SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said at a press conference. With the arrest of the explosives supplier to BKI, the Mohali District Police claimed to have foiled another bid of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed BKI to revive militancy in Punjab, Delhi and across country. The SSP added that Piara Singh was a known smuggler of heroin and other contrabands and had walked out of jail a fortnight ago after serving a term in a drug smuggling case. During his stay in jail, he allegedly came in contact with some BKI militants, who asked him to smuggle and supply explosives after his release from jail, Bhullar claimed, while adding that Piara was arrested from the clues extracted during interrogation of suspected BKI militants, Gurpreet Singh and Balveer Singh Bhootna, who were taken into custody from Nabha jail last week on production warrants.
The Police are, however, still to identify one of Piara’s accomplices, in connivance with whom, he had hidden the RDX underground near Mamdot area in Ferozepur. A First Information Report against Piara was lodged under various Sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Explosives Act, 1884, and Arms Act, 1959, at the Zirakpur Police Station on March 19. Till now, a total of six suspected BKI militants have been arrested in the case and INR 100000 alleged hawala (informal money laundering system) money, a sophisticated revolver, three live cartridges and five hand grenades recovered.
March 25: Three BKI militants were arrested at Rajpura of Patiala District. They were identified as Waryam Singh alias Jasbir Singh alias Giani of Mohali District,Kulwant Singh of Mann Kheri District and Bhupinder Singh of Ropar District. Senior Superintendent of Police R. S. Khatra said that they confessed that they were in constant touch with Italy-based BKI militant Jasvir Singh Jassi, who gave them the weapons to eliminate Baba Bhaniarwala to create unrest in the State. They were paid heavily by Jassi and were asked to step up militant activity in the State, Khatra said. Waryam Singh, who was lodged in Ambala Jail for his anti-social activities, had jumped parole and was declared a proclaimed offender, he said. The trio had made unsuccessful attempts twice to kill the Baba, Khatra said.
March 21: Two militants of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), arrested by Mohali Police, were produced in the court on March 21 and remanded to two-day Police custody