MHA extends ban on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun's 'Sikhs for Justice' for five years
PTC News Desk: The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal has confirmed Ministry of Home Affairs' notification dated July 8 extending ban on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun's 'Sikhs for Justice' for another five years.
The UAPA tribunal led by Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, ruled in the favour of Centre and said that the evidence presented establish SFJ's connections with other organisations to revive militancy in the Punjab.
The tribunal further ruled out that the evidence also highlights outfit's involvment in recruiting and radicalising youth through social media, financing terrorism, through smuggling networks for procuring weapons and explosives, issuing death threats to political leaders like the prime minister and home minister, and attempting to incite mutiny among Sikh soldiers in the army.
The tribunal also highlighted the group's ties to Pakistan's ISI and its attempts to revive militancy in Punjab.
The Union Home Ministry issued a notification on July 9, 2024 extended declaration of SFJ as an unlawful association for another five years, effective July 10, 2024. A similar ban was imposed on the organisation in 2019.
- PTC NEWS
