UK’S MINISTRY of Defence on Tuesday denied Punjab Police’s findings concerning the involvement of a British Military soldier in terrorist actions in India, saying nobody by that identify was serving within the British Military, at the same time as Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav backed the probe and stated the matter will likely be taken up with the British authorities “by means of correct channels”.
Responding to a question from The Indian Categorical, a day after the DGP posted on social media that “serving British soldier” Jagjeet Singh, who used the pseudonym Fateh Singh Baaghi, dealt with a terror module of the Khalistan Zindabad Pressure (KJF), UK’s Ministry of Defence denied the cost.
“There is no such thing as a one with both the identify or pseudonym offered presently serving within the British Military. We have now had no strategy from Indian authorities about anybody within the Military being concerned within the incident you reference in any means,” stated Rhian Shillabeer, Communications Officer, Directorate of Defence Communications, Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, London.
Referring to {a photograph} which Punjab Police launched claiming it to be of Jagjeet Singh, Shillabeer stated it was that of a British Sikh soldier whose identify doesn’t match with the identify offered, even given variations in spelling. “Any investigations into prison or terrorist exercise in India are a matter for the Indian civil and navy authorities. Any enquiries ought to be addressed to them,” Shillabeer stated.
When requested about denial of the UK Ministry of Defence, Punjab DGP Yadav instructed The Indian Categorical that he stood by the investigations performed by his officers. “The data that now we have put out has been gleaned by means of thorough investigation and interrogation of the accused who’ve been arrested for terrorist acts. We will be taking over this matter with the British authorities by means of correct channels,” he stated.
On Tuesday, police caught to its claims. Together with an announcement, they launched one other picture, claiming it to be Jagjeet Singh’s newest {photograph}.
Police stated there had been a sequence of terrorist assaults in Punjab utilizing hand grenades and IEDs over the previous three months, together with these on police posts.
“These assaults have been claimed by Ranjeet Singh Neeta, chief of banned terrorist organisation Khalistan Zindabad Pressure (KZF) and Fateh Singh Baaghi of the self-proclaimed ‘Surveillance and Reconnaissance Unit’ below KZF on social media posts,” the police assertion stated.
“Investigations into these KZF modules have led Punjab Police to a Sikh soldier of the British Military particularly Jagjeet Singh (37), initially from village Mianpur, Tarn Taran. Jagjeet Singh is suspected to be utilizing the pseudonym Fateh Singh Baaghi to hide his actual id,” the assertion stated.
It stated that Jagjeet Singh moved to the UK in 2010 on a scholar visa. After finishing research, he’s believed to have joined the British Military in 2013.
“After transferring to the UK, radical minded Jagjeet Singh developed hyperlinks with banned terrorist teams particularly Babbar Khalsa Worldwide (BKI) and KZF. He fashioned a radical group particularly Akaljot Khalistan Pressure (AKF) and was making an attempt to revive terrorist actions in Punjab by recruiting new members in his group,” the assertion stated.
Police stated that in 2011, it was learnt that Jagjeet Singh and his associates have been planning to focus on heads of spiritual sects to vitiate communal concord in Punjab. A case was registered below UAPA at a Jalandhar police station, and he was declared a proclaimed offender within the case.
“In November 2021, two hand grenades and two pistols have been recovered from an arrested accused particularly Ranjit Singh of village Sohal in Tarn Taran… Jagjeet Singh’s identify had surfaced on this case too,” police said.
Nevertheless, it stated, “It’s but to be ascertained from British authorities whether or not he’s nonetheless in service or not.”
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