Properties linked to terrorists forfeited to State on NIA request
The HinduA special court for the National Investigation Agency has ordered forfeiture of the seized properties linked to four aides of Pakistan-based “listed Khalistani terrorist” Harwinder Singh Sandhu aka Rinda. In this case, the court has approved the terror agency’s application seeking the forfeiture of the properties, including ₹7.80 lakh in cash and a Toyota Innova car, which were used by the accused for transporting arms, ammunition, explosives and narcotics across India. The Haryana police had, on May 5 last year, seized three improvised explosive devices, one pistol with two magazines, 31 rounds of ammunition and ₹1.30 lakh in cash from the four accused, Gurpreet Singh, Amandeep Singh, Parminder Singh, and Bhupinder Singh. On May 24, 2022, the NIA took over the investigations and found that the four men had received multiple consignments of arms, ammunition, explosives and narcotics, which were sent via drones from Pakistan by Rinda.