A case has been registered against designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh
Pannun for threatening people flying Air India and the airline with closure of
operations from November 19, said the NIA.
The case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code and the
stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In video messages, released on November 4, Pannun had asked Sikhs to stop
flying on Air India planes on and after November 19, citing a potential threat
to their lives.
Pannun, the self-proclaimed general counsel of the outlawed “unlawful
association”, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), released the video messages on various
social media platforms.
Following this a high alert was issued and investigations started by
security forces in Canada, India and certain other countries where Air India
flies.
Pannun has been under the NIA’s lens since 2019, when the anti-terror
agency registered its first case against him. In September, the NIA had
confiscated his share of a house and land in Amritsar in Punjab and Chandigarh.
Non-bailable arrest warrants were issued against Pannun by a NIA Special
Court on February 3, 2021, and he was declared a “Proclaimed Offender” on
November 29 last year.
PTI
