KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
The Punjab Police today claimed that alleged Khalistani terrorist and ex-British Army soldier Jagjit Singh, alias Fateh Singh Baagi, who was named in the Bakshiwala police station attack case, was running his own terror outfit, Akaljot Khalistan Force (AKF), besides aligning with the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF).
Three KZF operatives were killed in a joint operation by the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh police in Pilibhit yesterday.
Jagjit Singh, 37, originally from Mianpur village in Tarn Taran, was using a pseudonym, “Fateh Singh Baagi”, for radical activities associated with the Khalistan movement, the police said. During investigation, they found that he was booked in two cases of terrorism earlier too.
However, Jagjit’s father Joginder Singh, who is an ex-serviceman and lives in Mianpur, told The Tribune that the family had rich heritage of fighting for country’s freedom besides serving in the Indian Army. He said the family had no ties with Jagjit as he married outside his caste in England. “My son is a software engineer who served in the British Army. I don’t believe police claims that he was involved in terror activities as we all have devoted life to save the motherland. My son moved to England in 2010-11 and after completing a degree in software engineering, he served for few years in the British Army.”