Farmers Movement Archive

Delhi: Khalistan flags at Red Fort? Probe launched

NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies and Delhi Police has started a probe into the flag-related incidents reported from the Red Fort on Tuesday. Special Cell received inputs that while a group of Sikh protesters climbed atop a pole to hoist their religious flag Nishan Sahib, Khalistan flags were also waved at the spot. Police are analysing a video where a Tricolour can be seen thrown on the ground by a protester. The cops are likely to ask for the original footage and get it checked for authenticity by the forensics team. The cops are probing if the diversion of protesters from their designated routes to the Red Fort was indeed the result of the call given by banned terrorist outfit, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). Two weeks ago, SFJ had announced a reward of USD 2.5 lakh to those who would hoist a Khalistani flag on Red Fort on Republic Day. Shocked by Tuesday’s developments, the agencies are now scrambling to go through other recent threats given by SFJ, including disrupting power supply to Delhi. Two weeks ago, SFJ’s Gurpatwant Singh Panun called upon the farmers of Punjab to up the ante by cutting off the electricity supply to Delhi on January 25 and 26. Panun had claimed that the electricity companies BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and BSES Yumna Power Limited, which supply electricity to Delhi, are owned by the Ambanis who will be the main beneficiary under the new farm bills. On Sunday afternoon, Sikhs for Justice made a threat call to CISF’s control room saying Indian government will be responsible for the deaths at Singhu border and they will be held accountable. The SFJ had earlier threatened Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, asking him not to stop the tractor rally on January 26. The body’s threats, a security official said, are taken seriously, given the influence the group has amongst its online followers.

The Times of India

2021-01-27

Delhi