The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated gangster-turned-terrorist Lakhbir Singh Landa, a Canada-based member of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) as an individual terrorist under Section 35 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

As per the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs Landa backed by a cross-border agency was involved in the terror attack through a shoulder-mounted Rocket Propelled Grenade on the balding of Punjab State Intelligence Headquarters at Mohali. Landa has been involved in the supply of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms, sophisticated weapons, and explosives from across the border to various modules for carrying out terrorist activities in Punjab.

He has also been involved in various criminal cases related to the raising of terror modules, extortion, killings, planting IEDs, smuggling of weapons and narcotics and using funds or proceeds thereof for terrorist acts in Punjab and other parts of the country. An open-ended warrant has been issued against Landa and he is a subject of a Look Out Circular, it added.

Landa is believed to be residing in Edmonton in Alberta in Canada.

He was also involved in the RPG attack at the Sarhali police station in Taran Taran and some 20 criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder, arms act and under the NDPS Act are registered against him.

Earlier in September, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had announced a cash reward for information about five Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operatives, including Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias “Rinda” and Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias “Landa”.