Bathinda police arrests 3 operative of SFJ for writing pro khalistan slogans

BHATINDA: Bathinda police along with the counter intelligence (CI) have arrested three persons on Tuesday for writing Pro-Khalistan slogans at public places in Delhi and Punjab’s Bathinda.
The police claimed that the arrested persons were operatives of the banned organisation Sikhs for Justice headed by New York-based Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
The pro-khalistan slogans were found written on the walls of the Bathinda district administrative complex and court complex on April 27.Such slogans were found written at Jhandewalan and Karol Bagh metro stations in New Delhi on May 9 and the operative had sent the pictures/video to Gurpatwant Singh Pannu.

Those arrested have been identified as Gogi Singh, a resident of village Jeewan Singh Wala in Bathinda and Johny, a resident of village Jeon Singh Wala in Talwandi Sabo, while the third accused identified as Pritpal Singh of village Doad in Faridkot brought on production warrant from Bathinda Jail. Pritpal was also arrested for writing graffiti at Delhi Metro during G-20 and Bathinda Thermal Plant.
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday said that Gogi Singh, who is a key operative of SFJ, was in direct contact with Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and had carried out the act on his directions in lieu of money. The accused has also sent the photos/videos of slogans written on walls. The police teams have recovered three mobile phones, two dongle devices, one Aadhar Card and one ATM card from his possession.
SSP Bathinda Deepak Pareek said that following technical leads, Bathinda Police managed to apprehend accused Johny, who revealed that he was along with Gogi when they attempted to write slogans at different places in Bathinda. He said that following the revelations of accused Johny, Bathinda Police and CI Bathinda launched a special operation and arrested Gogi Singh.
AIG CI Bathinda Avneet Kaur Sidhu said that accused Gogi, who was arrested by Bathinda Police in the Excise Act, had met Pritpal Singh in Bathinda Jail, and remained in touch after coming out of the jail. Accused Pritpal introduced Gogi to Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who assigned the task of writing Khalistani slogans to Gogi and told him to collect Rs 50,000 kept concealed at Muktsar Kotkapura Road, she added. A case had been registered under section 153B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Police Station Civil Lines Bathinda on April 27.