Jalandhar: Punjab Police’s action on Friday, busted a terrorist module of International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) with the arrest of former Akal Takht Jathedar. Jasbir Singh RodeK’s son, this is the second case in which a close aide of Rode has been arrested ahead of the election and the ISYF link has been claimed. In 2006, the then Shiormani Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal claimed threat to his life and even alleged that the then CM Captain Amarinder Singh wanted to eliminate him. He had also taken the name of Rode in the matter but later the closeness between the two increased.
On December 24, 2006, with a little over a month to go for the state assembly elections, the Jalandhar Police claimed that a three-man module of “newly introduced terrorists” had been busted and 11 kg RDX, There were explosives including 11 detonators, 11 timer devices. Four grenades, two batteries, two pistols with four magazines and 100 cartridges, 10 meters of wire and a walkie-talkie set were recovered from them. The accused include Jaswinder Singh, Amolak Singh, brother of Jasbir and both relatives of ISYF chief Lakhbir Singh Rode and UK national Paramjit Singh Dhadi.
the next day, before Jathedar accused Badal And two senior police officers are “close” to him for plotting. He had said that a few years back the police claimed that they had recovered 35 kg of RDX from Dhadi, but since he was acquitted of the case and it was never disclosed where the RDX actually came from.
Speaking to the media in Jalandhar on January 12, 2007, Badal alleged that CM Captain Amarinder Singh wanted to eliminate him and that the RDX conspiracy was his target. “Paramjit Singh Dhadi was tasked to kill me,” Badal had alleged, adding that Captain Amarinder, SAD 1920 president Ravi Inder Singh, former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode and central agencies were involved in the conspiracy. He had claimed that the plan was to target the moderate Akalis.
He had even claimed that the RDX was actually recovered from Jasbir’s car, a claim refuted by the former Jathedar. Ravi Inder ridiculed Badal’s allegations saying that if SAD 1920 had been aligned with the ruling party, his men would not have been implicated.
The trial went on during Badal’s rule and all three were convicted in November 2008 and sentenced to five years in prison by a Jalandhar court. However, none of the allegations leveled by Badal against his political opponents were confirmed in the court by the police.
On December 24, 2006, with a little over a month to go for the state assembly elections, the Jalandhar Police claimed that a three-man module of “newly introduced terrorists” had been busted and 11 kg RDX, There were explosives including 11 detonators, 11 timer devices. Four grenades, two batteries, two pistols with four magazines and 100 cartridges, 10 meters of wire and a walkie-talkie set were recovered from them. The accused include Jaswinder Singh, Amolak Singh, brother of Jasbir and both relatives of ISYF chief Lakhbir Singh Rode and UK national Paramjit Singh Dhadi.
the next day, before Jathedar accused Badal And two senior police officers are “close” to him for plotting. He had said that a few years back the police claimed that they had recovered 35 kg of RDX from Dhadi, but since he was acquitted of the case and it was never disclosed where the RDX actually came from.
Speaking to the media in Jalandhar on January 12, 2007, Badal alleged that CM Captain Amarinder Singh wanted to eliminate him and that the RDX conspiracy was his target. “Paramjit Singh Dhadi was tasked to kill me,” Badal had alleged, adding that Captain Amarinder, SAD 1920 president Ravi Inder Singh, former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode and central agencies were involved in the conspiracy. He had claimed that the plan was to target the moderate Akalis.
He had even claimed that the RDX was actually recovered from Jasbir’s car, a claim refuted by the former Jathedar. Ravi Inder ridiculed Badal’s allegations saying that if SAD 1920 had been aligned with the ruling party, his men would not have been implicated.
The trial went on during Badal’s rule and all three were convicted in November 2008 and sentenced to five years in prison by a Jalandhar court. However, none of the allegations leveled by Badal against his political opponents were confirmed in the court by the police.
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