New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said that immovable properties of designated Khalistan terrorists Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Punjab will be attached.
“The Government of India in exercise of powers conferred under Section 51A of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, orders fro attachment of immovable properties of designated terrorists Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Punjab,” the NIA said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pannun had posted a video message threatening Punjab Police for the state government’s steps against the so-called Referendum 2020- a pro Khalistani movement. UK police arrested him in the year 2000, when he was entering England via Germany while returning from Pakistan after receiving terror training.
Nijjar was accused in the 2007 blast that killed six and injured 42 in the city of Ludhiana in Punjab.