NIA seizes assets of terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun

Chandigarh, Agencies: The National Investigation Agency on Saturday seized properties belonging to separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Pannun was designated a terrorist by India in 2020 and faces 22 criminal cases in Punjab. His organisation, Sikhs For Justice, was banned by the Indian government in 2019.

In a statement on Saturday, the National Investigation Agency said that the confiscated properties include 46 kanal (2.32 hectares) of agricultural land in a village in Amritsar and one-fourth of a house in Chandigarh.

The investigation showed that Pannun, who is the main handler of the Sikhs For Justice, was allegedly misusing the internet to radicalise youth and instigate them to undertake terrorist activities, the statement said.