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NEW DELHI: Central government on Tuesday extended the ban on Gurpatwant Pannun‘s pro-Khalistani terrorist group Sikhs for Justice by five years.
The home ministry declared it an unlawful organisation again for the next five years from July 10, 2024.
The outfit was banned in 2019 after it was found to be involved in “anti-national and subversive activities in Punjab” and other places.
“SFJ is in close touch with the militant outfits and activists, and is supporting violent form of extremism and militancy in Punjab and elsewhere to carve out a sovereign Khalistan out of territory of Union of India”, the home ministry had said in a press statement in 2019.
The ministry had also said that the terror group was “encouraging and aiding the activities for secession of a part of the Indian territory from the Union of India and supporting separatist groups fighting for this purpose in India and elsewhere by indulging in activities and articulations intended to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.”
The home ministry declared it an unlawful organisation again for the next five years from July 10, 2024.
The outfit was banned in 2019 after it was found to be involved in “anti-national and subversive activities in Punjab” and other places.
“SFJ is in close touch with the militant outfits and activists, and is supporting violent form of extremism and militancy in Punjab and elsewhere to carve out a sovereign Khalistan out of territory of Union of India”, the home ministry had said in a press statement in 2019.
The ministry had also said that the terror group was “encouraging and aiding the activities for secession of a part of the Indian territory from the Union of India and supporting separatist groups fighting for this purpose in India and elsewhere by indulging in activities and articulations intended to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.”
