New Delhi. In a major step forward in the investigation of 2023 violent attacks at the Indian High Commission in London, the NIA on Thursday charge-sheeted a key accused involved in the incident.
Inderpal Singh Gaba, a UK national residing in Hounslow and originally hailing from New Delhi, has been charge-sheeted as one of the agitators who had participated actively in the anti-Bharat protest which took place on 22nd March last year in front of Indian High Commission, London, as part of the Khalistani secessionist agenda. The accused was arrested by NIA on 25th April this year after exhaustive investigations that established his role in the secessionist activity.
He was earlier detained in December 2023, by the Immigration Authorities at the Attari border on arrival from London via Pakistan, based on the Look Out Circular opened against him. Investigations were then initiated against Inderpal and he was asked not to leave the country while the probe continued. During the months-long investigation, the NIA seized his mobile phone and scrutinized the data, including several incriminating videos/photos of the incident, and eventually established his involvement in the incident.
NIA investigations so far have revealed that the attacks in London were conspired and perpetrated in retaliation to the action taken by Punjab police against Amritpal Singh, Chief of Waris Punjab De, with the objective of influencing the crackdown on the outfit and its leader. The violent attack on the High Commission was aimed at furthering and achieving the cause of Khalistan by secession of the state of Punjab.