Arsh Dalla has been accused of involvement in targeted killings
New Delhi:
Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla has been detained in Canada’s Ontario province in connection with a shooting incident. The local police had said it arrested two men, one of who was suspected to be Arsh Dalla.
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Arsh Dalla is linked to the terrorist group Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and ran terror modules on behalf of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist who was killed in June last year.
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The Ministry of External Affairs had named Arsh Dalla as among Khalistani terrorists for whom India has made extradition requests to Canada.
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Arsh Dalla has been accused of involvement in targeted killings, terror financing and extortion in Punjab. He was designated as a terrorist by the government in January last year.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is looking into several cases filed against him.
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Arsh Dalla used his sleeper cell network whenever he got a ‘hit order’ from Nijjar to carry out targeted killings in Punjab. The two were involved in the murder cases of key figures.
