Separatist Khalistan Liberation Force terrorist Harminder Mintoo was today arrested in Delhi, just a day after he was broken out of the high-security Nabha Jail in Punjab's Patiala district.
Who is Harminder Mintoo? Here are some facts about the man who was wanted in 10 terror-related cases, when he was first arrested in 2014.
1.Khalistan Liberation Force chief
Harminder Mintoo was born in Punjab's Jalandhar district in 1967. He's the chief of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), a terrorist organisation that was first formed in 1986. The KLH wants a separate homeland for Sikhs. Mintoo took over the KLF in 2009, after defecting from its parent group, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
2.Base in Thailand
The terrorist made Thailand his base, and also travelled to Cambodia, Laos and Burma. He frequently travelled to Pakistan to be trained by its intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
3.Arrested in 2014
Mintoo was arrested in November 2014 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, upon his return from Thailand. He'd been using a fake Malaysian passport - with the name Gurdeep Singh, and the number A22967012. He also had a a fake Malaysian I-card, with the number 610320086949.
4.Wanted in 10-terror related cases
At the time, the KLF man was wanted in 10 terror-related cases. He plotted the 2008 attack on Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh, and planted Improvised Explosive Devices at Halwara Air Force station near Ludhiana in 2010.
5.Tasked by ISI to carry out attacks on Independence Day
Mintoo was tasked by the ISI with carrying out an attack on Independence Day in Punjab, the then-Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini said after his capture. DGP Saini added that Minto planned to kill three Shiv Sena leaders, and that his attempts to do so were foiled.
Source:-timesofindia
Who is Harminder Mintoo? Here are some facts about the man who was wanted in 10 terror-related cases, when he was first arrested in 2014.
1.Khalistan Liberation Force chief
Harminder Mintoo was born in Punjab's Jalandhar district in 1967. He's the chief of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), a terrorist organisation that was first formed in 1986. The KLH wants a separate homeland for Sikhs. Mintoo took over the KLF in 2009, after defecting from its parent group, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
2.Base in Thailand
The terrorist made Thailand his base, and also travelled to Cambodia, Laos and Burma. He frequently travelled to Pakistan to be trained by its intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
3.Arrested in 2014
Mintoo was arrested in November 2014 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, upon his return from Thailand. He'd been using a fake Malaysian passport - with the name Gurdeep Singh, and the number A22967012. He also had a a fake Malaysian I-card, with the number 610320086949.
4.Wanted in 10-terror related cases
At the time, the KLF man was wanted in 10 terror-related cases. He plotted the 2008 attack on Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh, and planted Improvised Explosive Devices at Halwara Air Force station near Ludhiana in 2010.
5.Tasked by ISI to carry out attacks on Independence Day
Mintoo was tasked by the ISI with carrying out an attack on Independence Day in Punjab, the then-Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini said after his capture. DGP Saini added that Minto planned to kill three Shiv Sena leaders, and that his attempts to do so were foiled.
Source:-timesofindia
