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Punjab Timeline - 2004
 
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January 21
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Three Babbar Khalsa
International (BKI)
terrorists, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit
Singh Beora, who are facing trial for killing the former Chief
Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, along with a murder accused in
another case, escape from the high security Burail jail by digging
a 94-feet long tunnel.
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January 30
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Punjab Police arrest
Narain Singh Chaura, a Pakistan trained terrorist and the alleged
mastermind behind the Burail jailbreak, from Mohali in Chandigarh.
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February 28
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According to Hindu,
the Punjab Police, investigating the Burail jailbreak case, are
said to have ascertained vital clues to a major revival plan by
the terrorist outfits, BKI and the Panjwar faction of the Khalistan
Commando Force (KCF). Apart from regrouping operatives, it is
believed that they conspired to target some political leaders
and former officers of the Army and Punjab Police.
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March 10
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A US court rules
that Kulvir Singh Barapind, a Sikh terrorist, should be returned
to India. Barapind, deputy chief of the Khalistan Commando Force,
has been accused by India of murdering 52 people and injuring
13 during the time of terrorism in Punjab. The 9th
US Circuit Court of Appeals said that Baripand, who was arrested
and detained in Los Angeles in 1993 on charges of having a fake
passport, should be returned to India to stand trial.
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March 30
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Five terrorists affiliated
to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
are arrested from the Goraya area of Jalandhar district.
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April 29
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Two Sikh terrorists,
allegedly involved in cases of abduction for ransom and extortion
across North India, and suspected to be having links with Europe-based
Khalistan groups are shot dead during an encounter with the Inter-State
Cell of the Delhi Police at Timarpur in Northern Delhi.
Three suspected Punjab
terrorists are arrested at Durg in the Akola district of Maharashtra.
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July 20
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The Punjab Police
seizes a large number of arms and ammunition from the border district
of Amritsar. The cache included a rifle with a telescope, two
Springfield rifles, two Carbines, two pistols of .410 bore, two
rifles of .303 bore, three guns of 12 bore, pistol of 38 prohibited
bore, four parts of guns which were being assembled, equipment
for engraving the make and model of the weapons and a large quantity
of cartridges of varied caliber. Three persons are arrested in
this connection.
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August 16
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The self-styled chief
of terrorist outfit, Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF), Harnek
Singh alias Bhup, is arrested near Madhopur village in the Fatehgarh
Sahib district.
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August 18
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According to annual
report 2003-04 of the Union Home Ministry, Pakistan continues
to provide sanctuary to various Sikh terrorist groups and the
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence
agency, was exerting pressure on these outfits to revive terrorist
activities in Punjab. The report indicated that Pakistan continues
to provide sanctuary to leaders of important pro-Khalistan outfits
like the BKI headed by Wadhawa Singh, Khalistan Commando Force
led by Paramjith Singh Panjwar and International Sikh Youth Federation
(ISYF) led by Lakhbir
Singh Rode. Militant groups like Khalistan Zindabad Force led
by Ranjit Singh alias "Neeta" and Dal Khalsa International led
by Gajinder Singh also continued to receive sanctuary from Pakistani
soil, the report said.
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August 24
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A BKI terrorist,
identified as Gursewak Singh alias Babla, escapes from the Punjab
Police custody at Bara Hindu Rao hospital in New Delhi while he
was being taken for a medical treatment.
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September 5
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Punjab Police arrests
five terrorists, including two suspected Pakistani nationals,
from the Pathankot area of Gurdaspur district and recovered 15
kg of RDX, two AK-56 rifles, six magazines of AK-56 rifles, 170
cartridges of AK-56 rifles, 13 China-made .30 bore pistols with
325 cartridges, three time bombs, two HE 36 hand grenades, two
grenade pins with fuse, seven battery bombs, five time pencils,
two time devices, one underwater mask and Rupees 1.38 lakh in
fake Indian currency from them.
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September 8
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Police stationed
in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab seizes one AK-47 assault
rifle from Didar Singh alias Dari, a BKI terrorist, who was arrested
in connection with the murder of Baba Jagtar Singh, head of the
Dera Akal.
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September 21
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The Punjab Police
re-arrests BKI terrorist Gursewak Singh alias Babla from a hospital
in the Raikot area of Ludhiana district. Babla had escaped from
police custody in the national capital Delhi on August 22 while
being taken to be produced before a court in connection with a
1998 case relating to sedition and violation of the Explosives
Act.
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September 26
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Police in the Patiala
district arrest a Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist,
identified as Surinder Pal Singh.
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December 26
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The Punjab
Police arrests a suspected Pakistani military intelligence agent,
identified as Sunny Shairaj alias Rashid Massih, from Amritsar
for allegedly e-mailing secret defence documents to his country.
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