'Recruiter' Jaswinder Singh Multani wanted in two terror cases: Dossier

Jupinderjit Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 28

Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) activist Jaswinder Singh Multani, arrested by German police on Monday on the request of Indian security agencies, is known in Punjab Police records as a “master handler and recruiter” of youngsters for terror-related activities.

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He is named in two FIRs in Punjab. The first was registered on February 7 in Amritsar after the arrest of four persons from Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Ferozepur with arms and ammunition. On their interrogation, the police arrested Jeewan Singh of Mansa who claimed Multani had sent him money and weapons to kill farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal and cause unrest in the region.

Rajewal’s outfit is part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha that spearheaded the anti-farm law agitation. He is also a top leader of the recently announced Samyukt Samaj Morcha, a farmers’ outfit to contest the upcoming Assembly elections.

The second FIR lodged in August accused him of supplying two hand grenades to recruits in Tarn Taran.

A Punjab Police dossier states he is an expert in radicalising youths in impressionable age towards terrorism and works at the behest of Pakistan operatives. Multani is wanted in two cases of funding terror and supplying weapons and explosives to recruits, claimed a police official.

The state police were suspecting Multani’s role in the Ludhiana court blast though no direct link had been made public so far. It is suspected he was in touch with the accused, Gagandeep Singh, either directly or through a handler.

The state police hope disclosures made by Multani might help break the network of anti-India groups in foreign countries. His interrogation may also take the lid off the drug smuggler-gangster-terrorist nexus working to cause unrest in Punjab, said a senior police official.

As per the dossier, Multani is a pro-Khalistan terrorist originally belonging to Mansoorpur village, near Mukerian, Hoshiarpur. Currently living in Erfurt City, near Frankfurt, Germany, he is closely associated with the banned outfit SFJ for promoting separatist activities.

The dossier says he has been in touch with the US-based SFJ activists Avtar Singh Pannu, president, SFJ and others, who are pursuing separatist agenda of Khalistan through ‘Sikh Referendum 2020’. He also assisted the SFJ’s registration campaign in Germany.

He has participated in rallies and events organised by the SFJ in Germany and is closely associated with its core members. His Facebook friends’ list includes many foreign-based Sikh radicals, including Hardeep Singh Nijjer, Paramjit Singh Pamma, Sabi Singh, Kulwant Singh Mothada and others.

Ludhiana blast: Nabbed by German police

• Authorities in Germany arrested Jaswinder Singh Multani for alleged role in Ludhiana court blast and ‘plotting’ to hit locations in Delhi and Mumbai
• A police dossier states Multani is an expert in radicalising youths and is linked to the banned radical outfit Sikhs For Justice
• It is suspected he was in touch with blast accused Gagandeep Singh, either directly or through a handler
• He also allegedly planned to kill farm leader Balbir Singh Rajewal by supplying arms & money

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