NEW DELHI: A suspected member of the Khalistan Commando Force, allegedly involved in over 50 cases of terrorist activities, murder and dacoity, was arrested in the national capital, police said today.
Gursewak Singh alias Babla (51) was allegedly trying to collect funds to revive the KCF and was in touch with gangs in Delhi with a plan to commit bank robberies, they added.
He was arrested yesterday from National Highway 8 at Mahipalpur and a “sophisticated” pistol, loaded with four cartridges, was seized from his possession, police said.
Gursewak was an associate of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who was killed during the army’s Operation Blue Star in 1984.
He was planning to revive the banned outfit on instructions of KCF chief Paramjeet Singh Panjwad, who is currently in Pakistan, and was in touch with Jagtaar Singh Hawara and other militants lodged in Indian jails, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Praveer Ranjan.
Gursewak had twice managed to run away from the custody of police, once in Delhi and once in Rajasthan, he added. (AGENCIES)
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