India designates Canadian mobster Goldy Brar as a terrorist

Indian government on Sunday designated Canadian gangster Satinderjit Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, a terrorist under the Anti-Terror Law (UAPA). He was allegedly the mastermind behind the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. The Union Home Ministry said in a notification that Brar has been linked to several killings and espouses radical ideologies. He is supported by an agency situated in Pakistan. He was involved in calling pro-nationalist leaders with threats, requesting ransom, and sharing claims of killings on various social media sites. An activist of the banned Babbar Khalsa International, Brar has been involved in the smuggling of high-grade arms, ammunition and explosive materials through drones from across the border and supplying them for carrying out killings and also providing sharpshooters. He hails from Sri Muktsar Sahib in Punjab and is presently residing in Brampton, Canada. The home ministry said Brar and his associates have been conspiring to disrupt the peace, communal harmony and law and order in Punjab through nefarious designs including sabotage, raising of terror modules, carrying out targeted killings and other anti-national activities. A Red Corner Notice has been issued against him by Interpol and there is a non-bailable warrant against him. The central government believes that Satwinder Singh alias Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar is involved in terrorism and he is to be added as a terrorist in the Fourth Schedule to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the home ministry said. “Now, therefore, in the exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the central government hereby makes the following amendment in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, namely:- “In the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in the Fourth Schedule, after serial number 55 and entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- ‘56. Satwinder Singh alias Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar’,” the notification said. Brar is also known to be a key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and had claimed responsibility for the murder of popular singer Moosewala in Punjab on May 29, 2022.