NIA chargesheets Gaba for Indian mission attack in UK

The NIA on Thursday chargesheeted a key accused in the 2023 violent attack at the Indian High Commission in London. The accused, Inderpal Singh Gaba, a UK national residing in Hounslow and originally hailing from New Delhi, has been chargesheeted as one of the agitators who had participated actively in an anti-India protest on March 22, 2023, in front of the Indian mission as part of the Khalistani secessionist agenda.

The accused was arrested by the NIA on April 25 this year after exhaustive investigation 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 a lookout circular issued against him.

Investigations were then initiated against Gaba 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 scrutinised the data, including several incriminating videos/photos of the incident, and eventually established his involvement in the case.

The probe so far has revealed that the attacks in London were perpetrated in retaliation to the action taken by the Punjab Police against Amritpal Singh, chief of Waris Punjab De.