Punjab state police tweeted on Sunday that Singh had been arrested in Moga, a town in the state. A Sikh religious leader, Jasbir Singh Rodde, said Singh surrendered to police after offering morning prayers at a Sikh shrine in Moga. Singh claims to draw inspiration from Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Sikh militant leader accused by the Indian government of leading an armed insurgency for Khalistan in the 1980s. Bhindranwale and his supporters were killed in 1984 when the Indian army stormed the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion. The supporters of the Khalistan movement also vandalized the Indian Consulate in San Francisco in the United States.

Source: The Herald April 23, 2023 19:14 UTC