Sidhu Moosewala Murder Accused Goldy Brar Declared Terrorist By India
Mumbai: The Ministry of Home Affairs has declared gangster Satwinder Singh alias Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Goldy Brar is an accused in Sidhu Moosewala murder case. The Home Ministry said Goldy Brar is backed by cross-border terror agency and was involved in multiple killings.
Brar, a prominent figure in the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had taken credit for killing Moosewala, who was shot and murdered on May 29, 2022, in the Mansa district of Punjab. In 2017, Brar—real name Satinderjit Singh—a native of Punjab’s Faridkot, entered Canada on a student visa.
“And whereas, Satwinder Singh alias Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar, currently residing in Brampton, Canada, is associated with Babbar Khalsa International,” stated Praveen Vashista, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in a notification that was gazetted. Comparatively, Babbar Khalsa International is classified as a terrorist group.
The notification said, “Goldy backed by a cross-border agency, was involved in multiple killings and professes radical ideology, figured in making threatening calls to pro-nationalist leaders, demanding ransom and posting the claims of killings on different social media platforms. He has been involved in smuggling of high-grade arms, ammunition and explosive materials through drones from across the border and supplying thereon for carrying out killings and also providing sharpshooters.”
“Goldy and his associates have been conspiring to disrupt the peace, communal harmony and law and order in Punjab through nefarious designs including sabotage, the raising of terror modules, carrying out targeted killings, and other anti-national activities. A Red Corner Notice was issued against him by Interpol Secretariat General (IPSG), Lyon, France and a non-bailable warrant on December 12, 2022, was issued against him…A Look Out Circular was also on June 15, 2022,” it said.
The notification further stated that Goldy would be included to the Fourth Schedule of the UAPA as a terrorist because the Central government believes he is involved in terrorism.While claiming responsibility for Mooosewala’s murder, Brar had said in a Facebook post, “Sachin Bishnoi Dhattaranwali, Lawrence Bishnoi, and I are behind the killing of Sidhu Moosewala.”
The gangster had claimed that he killed Moosewala to avenge the death of Youth Akali Dal leader Vicky Middukhera.
Brar had also claimed responsibility for the murder of Dera follower Pardeep Singh Kataria in Kotkapura in 2022. An accused in the 2015 Bargari sacrilege case, Kataria was out on bail and was shot dead at his shop by a group of six men on November 11 that year.
Brar is also allegedly involved in an extortion racket being run in Punjab and is believed to have had a hand in the murder of Youth Congress leader Gurlal Pehalwan.
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