NEW DELHI: As farmers’ outfits spearheading the agitation against new agricultural laws criticised NIA notices to around 40 persons including those associated with the ongoing protests, sources in the Central probe agency said the concerned persons had been summoned merely as witnesses and not as suspects.
This, as per official sources, was because the investigators believe the witnesses may be in possession of information regarding the conspiracy by banned terrorist outfits like Sikhs for Justice and Babbar Khalsa International, etc, to cause disaffection in India and incite people to rise in rebellion against the government of India.
“The witnesses have been summoned under Section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code as NIA believes they are in the know of certain facts and circumstances of the case registered against SFJ and other pro-Khalistan outfits on December 15, 2020. The FIR very clearly states the charges against SFJ, Babbar Khalsa International, Khalistan Tiger Forc
Under garb of farmer protests, SJF collects funds and diverts it for subversive activities
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Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 8:01 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 19: The probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is being widened in connection with the Sikhs for Justice (SJF) case.
Sources tell OneIndia that there have been a lot of funds that have been channelised in the past couple of months. Over USD 1 lakh has been collected in the name of the farmer protests, the official cited above said.
The source further added that the agencies are looking into the source of funding. While there is no harm in collecting funds in the name of the protests, the NIA is looking to find if money is being collected in the name of the protests, but is being diverted to fund separatist activities of the SJF.
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The agency has examined 12 persons so far in connection with a case against Sikhs for Justice
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A file photo of a protest held by Sikhs for Justice in New York.
The agency has examined 12 persons so far in connection with a case against Sikhs for Justice
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has examined 12 persons so far in connection with a recent case registered against Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a foreign-based group banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 2019 for advocating secessionist and pro-Khalistani activities in India.
NIA summons farmer leader, TV journalist in fresh case against Sikhs for Justice
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40 persons to be examined in the case.
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40 persons to be examined in the case.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned around 40 persons to be examined as ‘witnesses’ in a fresh case registered against the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a foreign-based group that advocates secessionist and pro-Khalistani activities in India.
A senior government official said the summons were served to “ascertain details relating to the investigation”. The notices sent on January 15 include those sent to a farm leader, a TV journalist, a cable TV operator, tourist bus owner, an actor, a sweet shop owner and other businessmen, who have been asked to appear at the NIA’s Delhi headquarters from January 18-21.