According to foreign media reports including the India Times, on April 21 local time, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that with the cooperation of Indian authorities, the United States arrested Harpreet Singh (Harpreet Singh), India's "most wanted criminal." On the same day, US Vice President Vance began a four-day visit to India.

Photo of Harpreet Singh's arrest released by the FBI

The Department of Homeland Security reported that Singh was arrested last week in Sacramento, California by FBI agents and immigration officials. The FBI stated: "He has been using untraceable disposable phones and encrypted applications to evade capture." According to the statements of US and Indian law enforcement agencies, Singh, who illegally entered the United States, is accused of plotting terrorist attacks in India and the United States.

It is introduced that Singh is also known as Happy Passia, from a village near Amritsar in Punjab, India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India stated that Singh is suspected of being a member of the separatist organization Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), which involves the Sikh Khalistan movement aiming to establish an independent state called "Khalistan" in the Punjab region. BKI has been listed as a "terrorist organization" by both India and the United States.

According to the India Times, Singh has been listed as India's "most wanted criminal" by NIA. In January this year, NIA announced a reward of 500,000 rupees (approximately $5,855 USD) for information about Singh.

According to the statement from the FBI Sacramento Division in California, Indian authorities accused Singh of involvement in a series of attack cases in Punjab. Singh is suspected of involvement in a total of 17 criminal cases. In addition to being suspected of engaging in terrorist activities, he is also accused of violating India's drug control laws. Most of the cases occurred between November 2022 and April 2024. Indian authorities also accused Singh of plotting an unsuccessful hand grenade attack on a retired police officer in Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab, in 2024.

According to the India Times, Singh once briefly lived in the UK and illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the United States in 2021. Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tricia McClaughlin told the New York Post that during former US President Biden's administration, Singh was detained by US border patrol personnel but later released.

Foreign media reports mentioned that recently, US law enforcement agencies cooperated with Indian authorities to extradite one of the suspects in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Tahawwur Hussain Rana (Tahawwur Hussain Rana).

On the evening of April 21 local time, Indian Prime Minister Modi held talks with visiting US Vice President Vance in the capital New Delhi. The discussions involved finalizing bilateral trade agreements and deepening strategic and economic relations.

Kong Wenjun

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