Another assassination of pro-freedom Sikh activist: Rattandeep Singh shot dead in Punjab

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By Hardeep Singh

Satluj News

CHANDIGARH April 4, 2024 Assassinations of pro-freedom Sikh activists are taking place unabated. On April 3, Bhai Rattandeep Singh was gunned down by unknown bike borne persons at Balachaur town of Nawanshahr district of India-administered Punjab.

Rattandeep Singh, who belongs to Karnal in Haryana, was accompanied by his nephew, Gurpreet Singh, when two motorcycle-borne, unidentified assailants opened fire at him. Gurpreet escaped unhurt.

He remained associated to Bhindranwala Tiger Force (BTF) and joined the Sikh armed movement in young age. He remained close aide of Khalistan Commondo Force (KCF) chief Bhai Paramjit Singh Panjwar in Pakistan, who was assassinated in Lahore in May in 2023.

In 2014, Rattandeep Singh was arrested by Police. The Indian Police nominated him in various cases, but he was released from Nabha jail after being acquitted. As per the Sikh leaders, hands of Indian agencies cannot be denied behind this assassination as well.

A month after Panjwar’s assassination, a prominent face of Sikh freedom movement in Canada, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot dead in Surrey. Canadian government accused India of killing the Sikh leader who was head of a gurdwara in Surrey.

Meanwhile, another freedom fighter Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda died under mysterious circumstances. The UK Sikh bodies have evidences that somebody gave him poison in the food and demanded probe of the death, but the UK government which has strong ties with India, did not conducted the probe. Khanda was also on target of Indian intelligence agencies as he was one of the main face of Khalistan movement in UK.

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