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| Babbar Khalsa had plans to assassinate three Sikh leaders |
| 2005-06-07 |
| In an attempt to foment communal tension and revive militancy in Punjab, Pakistan-based Babbar Khalsa militant outfit had planned to assassinate three prominent Sikh leaders of the state, two of them in public. The revelation was made by two activists of the outfit arrested on Tuesday by Delhi Police for triggering bomb blasts at two cinema halls in the national capital on May 22 in which one person was killed and more than 70 injured, police sources said here today. The serious dimension to the threat was lent by the recovery of a uniform of a Punjab Police Head Constable from the hideout here of Jaspal Singh, mastermind in the cinema hall bomb blasts. The assassination plan was hatched in an attempt to revive militancy in Punjab which was brought under control in the 1990s, the sources said. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #5 Ah. Thanks, Paul. I read "Pakistan based" and assumed it was a moose limb op. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2005-06-07 12:04 |
| #4 All hail Paul Moloney. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-07 11:57 |
| #3 I've already mentioned it times ago, but I'm always awed by Mr. Moloney's knowledge of the pakistani and indian political landscape, even more because it is so byzantine; at first I thought he was an expat, but that's all acquired knowledge. Really impressive. Kudos for that particular RB expert! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-06-07 07:34 |
| #2 Babbar Khalsa is a Sikh outfit. In this case he wanted to assasinate leaders who spoke out against cast discrimination, or who were pro-Indian, with the aim of reigniting conflict in the state and brining more recruits to the Khalistan cause. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-06-07 01:49 |
| #1 He wants to "foment communal tension" with the Sikh's? Careful what you wish for... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2005-06-07 01:40 |