By Manjeet Sehgal: The central and state security agencies are burning midnight oil to put in place a money trail, in order to establish that the Khalistani thug Amritpal Singh and his aides received foreign funding, from the ISI in particular.
The Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police has been given the task of gathering information about the financial transactions made by Amritpal Singh, his wife Kirandeep Kaur, uncle Harjit Singh, father Tarsem Singh and his elder brother, besides his aides, including Diljit Singh Kalsi, who worked as his financier.
Joint teams of the police and civil officials from five Punjab districts, including Kapurthala, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Jalandhar have also been formed to scan the bank accounts owned by Amritpal, his family and other close aides.
Later, it was found that many suspicious transactions were made through 158 Indian and foreign bank accounts.
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The agencies were also questioning a couple of businessmen involved in alleged hawala transactions besides a half dozen people involved in the international money transfer business.
Sources with the Punjab Police said its investigating agency was trying to find documentary records which Amritpal must have submitted for his bank accounts. Details were also being gathered to gather information about the transactions made and funds withdrawn.
While the police has already arrested Amritpal’s close aide and financier Diljit Singh Kalsi, alias Sarabjit Singh, from Gurugram, the Amritsar Police’s rural wing on Wednesday questioned Amritpal’s wife Kirandeep Kaur, his father Tarsem Singh, besides others at his ancestral home located in Jallupur Kheda.
The three senior police officers, including a lady cop, refused to comment on the issue. However, the sources privy to the information confirmed that they questioned Kirandeep Kaur for nearly an hour, in connection with the alleged foreign funding and her alleged connections with the Khalistani terror groups.
The security agencies suspect that Kirandeep Kaur might be the part of a Khalistani network which was mobilising funds to establish a terror network, Anandpur Khalsa Force (AKF) and Waris Punjab De.
Sources further said Kirandeep Kaur was also allegedly mobilising funds for Waris Punjab De, when this organisation was being headed by Deep Sidhu.
Interestingly, Amritpal, before he went into hiding and was declared as a fugitive, had told the media that the allegations of funding by ISI were baseless as Pakistan was itself in a state of financial bankruptcy.
He claimed that the funds for the Wahir (travelling for the purpose of religious promotion) were donated by local Sikhs.
Meanwhile, the security agencies have found evidence which establishes that the funds for Wahir, along with vehicles and arms and ammunition were provided by the ISI and Khalistani terror groups.
The police were also investigating the assets owned by the Waris Punjab De, Anandpur Khalsa Force, Amritpal Singh, his family members and his other close aides.
“We are investigating this case from various angles. Bank details of Amritpal Singh and his family members and aides were being scanned to establish the money trail. Help of other agencies will be taken as and when required” IG Sukhchain Singh Gill said.
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