Key SFJ operative held for vandalising Ambedkar statue, portray pro-Khalistan graffiti in Punjab

Jun 18, 2025 10:32 PM IST Key SFJ operative held for vandalising Ambedkar statue, portray pro-Khalistan graffiti in Punjab Chandigarh, Punjab Police on Wednesday stated it has arrested a key operative of the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice for allegedly vandalising a statue of B R Ambedkar in Jalandhar and portray pro-Khalistan graffiti at a number of locations within the state. Key SFJ operative held for vandalising Ambedkar statue, portray pro-Khalistan graffiti in Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav stated the accused, Resham Singh, a resident of Barnala district, was arrested by the State Special Operation Cell . Preliminary investigation revealed that Singh vandalised the Ambedkar statue at Nangal in Jalandhar’s Phillaur within the first week of June on the instructions of US-based Surinder Singh Thikriwal, a legal wished in a number of circumstances registered underneath the Unlawful Activities Act, and SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the officer stated. He stated Resham, who can also be accused of defacing public property with pro-Khalistan and pro-SFJ graffiti in Patiala, Faridkot, Jalandhar and different districts, was on the run for the reason that Phillaur incident. “During the Indo-Pak escalation in May 2025, he painted inflammatory slogans such as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ to incite public unrest and promote anti-national sentiments,” the DGP stated. The proof additionally signifies that the accused was receiving overseas funding to hold out these illegal actions, Yadav stated. According to the DGP, Singh was beforehand arrested in two UA circumstances registered in Sangrur and Karnal in Haryana for portray anti-national graffiti. Further investigation is underway to determine ahead and backward linkages on this case. Sharing particulars of Singh’s arrest, Assistant Inspector General Ravjot Grewal stated police groups obtained dependable inputs about his involvement in portray graffiti on partitions and bridges with the intention to incite “secession, armed rebellion, or subversive activities”. Based on the inputs and sustained surveillance, the SSOC’s Mohali staff launched an operation and arrested Singh from Kharar, the place the accused had been supplied a hideout by his handler Thikriwal, she stated. During sustained interrogation, Grewal stated, the accused revealed that he was first launched to the SFJ community in 2019 by means of Harpreet Singh alias Rana, who was a number on the now-banned media channel ‘Politics Punjab’, which was operated from the USA. She stated Rana was instrumental in connecting Singh to key SFJ members, together with Bikramjit Singh , J S Dhaliwal and outfit chief Pannun. The AIG stated after being launched from the Sangrur jail in May 2024 after almost two years, Singh resumed his anti-national actions underneath the affect of Thikriwal, a local of Barnala’s Thikriwal village who fled to the US in 2022. The probe has revealed that after every activity, Singh used to document movies and ship them to his handlers overseas. He has obtained round ₹8 to 10 lakh from his foreign-based handlers up to now, Grewal stated. This article was generated from an automatic information company feed with out modifications to textual content.