Govt declares Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar a terrorist under UAPA

The central government on Monday designated Canada-based gangster Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar as a terrorist under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The 29-year-old is an accused in several cases in India, including the killing of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala. Moosewala was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29, 2022. Brar, who belongs to Punjab's Muktsar, has been on the run since then. Brar, backed by a Pakistan-based agency, has been involved in multiple killings and professes radical ideology, the Union Home Ministry said in a statement. He figured in making threatening calls to pro-nationalist leaders, demanding ransom and posting the claims of killings on different social media platforms, it said. Brar, who reached Canada on a student visa in 2017, is a key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. He has been involved in the smuggling of high-grade arms, ammunition and explosive materials through drones from across the border and supplying them for carrying out killings and also providing sharpshooters. The government believes that Brar is involved in terrorism and he is to be added as a terrorist in the Fourth Schedule to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the home ministry said. In May this year, the Canadian government named him among the country's top 25 wanted criminals.

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