Khalistan Commando Force chief, Paramjit Singh Panjwar, who was a wanted terrorist in India, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Saturday while he was out for a morning walk near his residence in Pakistan’s Lahore. Panjwar, along with his guard, was in a park in Sun Flower Housing Society in Jauhar Town of Lahore, when two assailants opened fire at them and fled on a motorcycle. Panjwar was designated as a terrorist by India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in July 2020. Pakistan’s intelligence agencies, including the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI), and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), cordoned off the area and launched an investigation while the media was not allowed at the crime scene. The killing is the latest instance of terror kingpins being targeted outside India.
The Shooting
Panjwar was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while he was out for a morning walk near his residence in Pakistan’s Lahore. Panjwar, along with his guard, was in a park in Sun Flower Housing Society in Jauhar Town of Lahore, when two assailants opened fire at them and fled on a motorcycle.
Designation as a terrorist
Panjwar was designated as a terrorist by India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in July 2020.
Investigation and response
Pakistan’s intelligence agencies, including the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI), and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), cordoned off the area and launched an investigation while the media was not allowed at the crime scene. Lahore police have been asked to let the ISI lead the investigation. The crime scene was protected by the agencies, and the police were asked not to register an FIR till approval from ISI.
Terror kingpins targeted outside India
The killing is the latest instance of terror kingpins being targeted outside India. In February this year, Bashir Ahmad Peer, a self-styled commander of the terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. Also in the same month, former commander of Pakistan-based terror outfit Al Badr, Syed Khalid Raza, was killed in a similar manner outside his residence in Karachi while Kashmir-born terrorist, Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger alias Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, who had joined the Islamic State (IS), was reportedly killed in February in Kunar province of Afghanistan.
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