From Paramjit Panjwar To Sukhdool Singh, The Mysterious Deaths Of 5 Khalistani Terrorists In 9 Months

Punjab gangster Sukhdool Singh aka Sukha Duneke has been reportedly been killed in Canada over inter-gang rivalry.

He was killed in in Winnipeg in Canada on Wednesday evening. Originally from Moga district in the Indian state of Punjab, Duneke had escaped to Canada on forged papers in 2017.

The two cops, who had helped him flee with fake documents, were arrested last June. The development comes when Canada has accused the Indian government's link to the murder of another Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

However, this is the fifth such murder of a prominent Khalistani leader outside India in the last nine months.

Harmeet Singh Killed In Pakistan

Harmeet Singh, a top Khalistan terrorist involved in the killing of several Hindu leaders in Punjab has been killed near Lahore In Pakistan. He was killed by a local gang over a financial dispute that stemmed out of a drug deal. He was shot by a local gang near the Dera Chahal Gurudwara near Lahore.

Harmeet alias Happy PhD took over as the chief of the Khalistan Liberation Force in 2014 after the outfit's boss Harminder Mintoo was arrested by the Punjab Police from Thailand. Mintoo had managed to escape from jail, but he was arrested again. He died of a cardiac arrest in 2018.

Khalistan Commando chief Paramjit Panjwar shot dead in Lahore

Chief of the separatist group Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) Paramjit Singh Panjwar was reportedly shot dead in Lahore's Sunflower Society Johar Town in Pakistan on May 6.

He was gunned down when was walking near his house around 6 am, according to a report in Hindustan Times.

Paramjit Singh Panjwar, who was born in 1960 in Tarn Taran's Panjwar village, was a prominent figure within the KCF, which is designated as a terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

After working at a Central Cooperative Bank in Sohal, he was radicalized by his cousin Labh Singh in 1986 and subsequently became a member of the KCF. After his cousin was killed by the Indian security forces, he took over the reins of the KCF in 1990s and shifted his base to Pakistan. Although the Pakistan government had denied that he was staying in the country, he lived in Lahore while his family settled in Germany, the report said.

He was reportedly killed in inter-gang rivalry.

Pro-Khalistani Activist Avtar Singh Dies In UK

Avtar Singh Purba alias Khanda, a prominent pro-Khalistani activist who was involved in the attack on the Indian High Commission in London, died at a hospital in the city of Birmingham on June 15, a UK-based Sikh organisation said in a statement.

Sikh Federation UK, which has styled itself as one of the largest Sikh organisations based in the UK, said Avtar Singh was terminally ill with blood cancer. He was on a life support system for the last few days.

Avtar Singh, who initially went to UK in 2007 on study visa but later took asylum there in 2012 and never returned since then, was linked to anti-India activities including the attack on the tricolour at the High Commission of India in London earlier this year - allegations that he had denied.

His father was a former KLF terrorist who was killed by security forces in 1991, and his mother was related to another KLF terrorist, Gurjant Singh Budhsingwala, who had strong links to the Pakistani deep state.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar Killed In Surrey

Nijjar was one of India's most-wanted terrorists who carried a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head and was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen outside a gurdwara in Surrey in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on June 18.

A resident of Bharsinghpur village in Punjab's Jalandhar, Nijjar was found dead inside a car with bullet wounds in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, of which he was the head, in Surrey around 8:27 pm (local time) on Sunday, PTI reported citing officials. Nijjar was also associated with the Sikhs For Justice and has been trying to radicalise the Sikh community across the world.

With the aim of creating a separate state of Khalistan, he was trying to get the Sikhs to go against India and carry out violent acts. Nijjar who had designated him as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He had played a key role in organising the Khalistan referendum in Brampton city. India had asked Canadian authorities to take action against Nijjar for his alleged involvement in terrorist acts in Punjab.

Harmeet Singh, Paramjit Panjwar, Avtar Singh, Hardeep Singh Nijjar and now Sukhdool Singh are the pro-Khalistani leaders who have died mysteriously in the last nine months. These deaths come at a time when countries such as the UK, Canada, Australia and Pakistan are witnessing a rise in anti-India or pro-Khalistan activities.