Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 2, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press june 1985 pages 1928 sunday the Canadian connection local sikh doubts terrorists train Here the sunday London new Delhi evidence from Washington and London Points to Canada As the Centre of the alleged plot to assassinate Indian prime minister Rajiv during his upcoming visit to the United the Fri arrested five sikhs a month officials now say that four of them Are illegal immigrants who probably entered the country from where sikh according to sikh publications in Brit have established military training Kuldip former president of the recently disbanded Manitoba sikh says he knows of no such training Camps in sikhs dont need sikhs Are born Singh said in an interview with the free Gandhi for what he is to sikhs in India he will be Singh but he added As far As the sikhs in Canada and the United states Are they dont have any plans to kill the sikhs can do that in Why do we have to do that on foreign soil Singh said the allegations of terrorist training Camps in Canada Are just More of the rumours started by the Indian government to discredit sikhs to ease the passage of anti sikh cosmetic operation and some sections of the Indian parliament and press have Dis missed the arrests As a cos Metic operation designed to please the Indian government on the eve of Gandhi Jane 12 to 15 but that interpretation is not borne out by sources in officials say that Intelli gence networks did not believe that sikh extremists posed a significant terrorist threat in the United and that the Fri stumbled on the assassination plot by sheer after sikhs approached a mercenary school in birding for instruction in the schools owners contacted the and undercover agents later made a video of the sikhs allegedly seeking assistance in murdering Gandhi and another in Dian Bhajan who was visiting the United states for medical Lai is the chief minister of the predominantly hindu state that Borders and he is widely disliked among sikhs As a hindu in the plot and the recent sikhs dont there born soldiers wave of terrorist bombings have combined to dispel any illusions that the Indian government has broken the sikh extremist move investigations into the bomb killed 86 people in Northern India last month have shaken the Indian Security at first the explosions appeared to be a random burst of cruelty aimed solely at killing and injuring As Many victims As but a carefully organized pattern has the bombs seem to have been timed to cause the maximum confusion among the Indian Anda exploded in areas which wore of veil by anti sikh riots last when people three sikhs Are alleged to have masterminded the bombings to hinder Singh a Timber Kartar Singh a tax and a Man known As Mohinder Singh who died during police interrogation shortly after the three were arrested at Narings Home in new Little is known about Khalsa other than that he was a Follower of Sant Jarnail Singh the sikh Leader who died when the Indian army invaded the Golden Temple at but he is believed to have been the crucial link Between the Delhi terrorists and a command Centre located elsewhere in possibly in Punjab or patterned after Ira both he and also severely beaten during have Long been wanted by the All three men Are members of an organization called the dal Hals the party of the which is believed to As does the through a series of self contained cells whose Mem Bers have minimal Contact wit the the group has branches in the big sikh expatriate communities in the and and Indian intelligence officers Are now attempting to discover what if any exist Between the Delhi bombings and the assassination Khalas death has not helped their they face a bewildering variety of groups whose purposes Range from propaganda to with and with Lead ers who have been careful to avoid giving grounds for the Leader of the Babbar Khalsa Talwinder Singh was held by West Germany for 14 months at the request of the Indian government and then As a Canadian to return to his Home in he now claims that the Indian government is pressing Canada to extradite him to another Canadian Budh Singh was arrested at Lon dons Heathrow Airport two months ago on his Way from Vancouver when police found parts of an israe limeade Uzi in his on the same Day a second Rajinder Singh was arrested in Vancouver Airport and found to have the missing parts of the both who were later Are thought to have links with the Babbar curbs urged continues to urge Britain and Canada to do More to curb the activities of sikh sex in a punjabi newspaper called Des Pardeshi abroad has become the Mouth piece of the sikh secessionist move published in West past issues have carried photographs of allegedly training for at Camps in and More recent editions have contained advertisements for the International sikh youth federation High which carry and Canadian Contact Tele phone the Tarsem Singh a Winnipeg sikh Waves a sheathed sword to show that sikhs will die for their cause claims that Pakistan is helping to train sikh a claim that the Indian government also continues to make despite a Lack of the Pakistan govern ment denies the a tussle Between militant and moderate sikhs for control of Brit ish temples is expected to come to a Climax Early this already Many Young sikhs in Britain Are wearing Saffron coloured turbans to Mark their the Indian army has been placed on Alert in a number of Northern cities following fears of another round of attacks by sikh sex according to intelligence the authorities were Brac ing themselves for both bomb at tacks and political assassinations in the Punjab and states of the hindu Belt on the eve of genocide called by the extremists to coincide with the anniversary of last years Indian army assault on the Golden ask about Grazys 6 year nation wide extended warranty Pun Cut Tutti Auto of verse cassette 40 Watt cassette Auto reverse cassette i hour i Russ vhf re Corgi Shukers i 1w Watt 3wat speakers kmwuhtwht41 26 xl100 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