Pilibhit encounter: UK-based BKI handler Sidhu orchestrated terror operations

The investigative agencies have uncovered a direct link between the Khalistani terrorists killed in the Pilibhit encounter and Babbar Khalsa International. The agencies have revealed that United Kingdom-based handler Kulbir Singh, alias Sidhu, was the mastermind behind the grenade attack initiated by the neutralised Khalistanis in Punjab. Sidhu’s role in orchestrating terror plots Earlier, the NIA linked Sidhu to the assassination conspiracy of Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Vikas Bagga, who was killed in Rupnagar district of Punjab in April 2023. The terrorists’ route and plans According to media reports, after the grenade attack in Gurdaspur, Punjab, the three terrorists embarked on a 760-kilometre journey to Pilibhit via Bareilly.