Jaswinder Singh Multani 
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is reported to have registered a case against Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) member Jaswinder Singh Multani in connection with the recent court blast in Punjab’s Ludhiana. NIA sources said the case was filed Thursday evening and it also mentions some ‘Khalistani elements’.
It was further reported that an NIA team will travel to Germany where Multani was detained. The agency will question the Ludhiana blast suspect in the European country.
It may be noted that India has designated Sikh for Justice as a terror outfit.
While it was not clear under which sections the case was registered by NIA, it was earlier reported that the central agency was file the case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other Indian Penal Code sections.
Further, the NIA will also be initiating proceedings to get Multani extradited to India.
“These pro-Khalistan supporters were radicalising youth in Punjab and using social media platforms to propagate their agenda and terror activities. Ahead of Punjab elections, there is a sudden surge in their activities to destabilize peace in the state,” an NIA officer was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
“Multani has been detained by German police and is being questioned. He is on their radar. After registering FIR, a team of NIA will be reaching Germany to question him in detail because we have got strong evidence of his involvement in the Ludhiana blast case and further planning of more such attacks in the country,” he said.
The officer also commented on the video released by SFJ’s Gurpatwant Singh Pannu in which the latter claimed that Multani was not under arrest in Germany. The NIA officer said Multani had been detained, not arrested.
According to NIA sources, the federal agency will push for Multani’s extradition to India through diplomatic channels.
One person was killed and two others were injured in the bomb blast that had taken place on December 23 at a court in Ludhiana. It was found in the investigation that banned outfits and their operatives had raised funds to procure arms, ammunition and explosives through the smuggling networks in Punjab for carrying out terror attacks in the poll-bound state.
Following the Ludhiana blast, the NIA has been tracking other pro-Khalistan groups and their supporters based in foreign countries.