NIA court orders confiscation of land of designated terrorist Lakhbir Singh in Punjab's Moga

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali has ordered the confiscation of land belonging to designated terrorist and Pakistan-based self-styled chief of the Khalistan Liberation Front, Lakhbir Singh, alias Rode, in Punjab’s Moga district, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday.

The land belonging to Singh is located in Kothe Gurupura (Rode). The court order came in a case registered by the NIA on January 1, 2021, under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Indian Penal Code and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

The court ordered the confiscation of the land under section 33(5) of UAPA, under which a judge can confiscate moveable and immoveable property of a proclaimed offender involved in serious crimes.


Singh, a nephew of Jarnail Singh Bindrawale, was booked by the Punjab Police initially for his alleged involvement in a tiffin bomb blast case that took place on September 15, 2021 in Jalalabad town of Fazilka district of Punjab.

Investigators claimed that Lakhbir Singh, also the self-styled Chief of proscribed terrorist organisation International Sikh Youth Forum, masterminded the whole conspiracy. Singh fled to Pakistan around 1996-97. NIA is investigating six cases against him for his active involvement in terror activities between 2021-2023.

With PTI inputs