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Apart from the sections of IPC, FIR was also registered under UAPA and IT Act.
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Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police has registered an FIR against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, chief of banned organization ‘Sikhs for Justice’ (SFJ) for threatening to turn the Cricket World Cup starting from October 5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad into a ‘World Terror Cup’. Is of. An official gave this information on Friday. The Cyber Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police said in the FIR that Pannun threatened the people of the country through a pre-recorded message from a foreign number.
The complaint lodged by cyber crime branch sub-inspector H N Prajapati said that it has come to his notice that several people have received pre-recorded threatening messages from a phone number. It has been said in the FIR that many of the people who have received this message have complained about it to the police through various mediums. In the pre-recorded message it has been said that October 5 will not be the beginning of the Cricket World Cup but it will be the beginning of the ‘World Terror Cup’.
It has been threatened that Sikhs for Justice is going to raid Ahmedabad with Khalistani flags. The FIR quotes the message as saying, ‘We will avenge the murder of martyr Nijjar. We will answer your bullets with ballot papers. We will answer your violence with votes. Remember 5th October, this will not be the Cricket World Cup but the beginning of the World Terror Cup… Message from Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
According to the FIR, ‘Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has been declared a terrorist by the Government of India and he is running an organization called Sikhs for Justice from abroad.’ The FIR states that Pannun is trying to create fear and enmity between Sikhs and other communities in the country and is involved in terrorist activities in the country. He has been involved in such notorious activities in the past too, especially on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).
Cricket World Cup will start on October 5 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Pannun has given this threatening message after the diplomatic standoff between India and Canada over the alleged killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada on June 18. The much awaited match between India and Pakistan in this ICC tournament is to be played on 14 October in Ahmedabad. Preparations are going on in full swing for this match to be held at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium.
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Tags: Ahmedabad News, India Pakistan match, Khalistani, Khalistani terrorists
FIRST PUBLISHED : September 29, 2023, 1:48 PM IST
