The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
Indian Embassy attack: Chargesheet filed against UK national
THE NATIONAL Investigation Agency ( NIA) on Thursday filed a chargesheet against Inderpal Singh Gaba, a UK national, arrested in connection with the violence at the Indian High Commission in London during a protest on March 22, 2023.
In December, Gaba was detained at Attari border last year when he was entering India to visit the Golden Temple in Punjab and the charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court.
“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 the anti- India protest, which took place on March 22 last year in front of Indian High Commission, London, as part of the Khalistani secessionist agenda. He was arrested by the NIA on April 25 this year after exhaustive investigations that established his role in the secessionist activity,” a NIA spokesperson said.
“In December 2023, he was earlier detained 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 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 incident,” the spokesperson said.
“Investigations 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 in Punjab,” he added.