MOGA 20 AUGUST (WISHAVWARTA)-The case of hoisting the Khalistan flag on the roof top of DC office, Moga, and the dishonour of National Flag of India has been traced. The said offense was commited by the following:
1) Akashdeep Singh(19) alias Munna alias sajan s/o Baljinder Singh r/o Sadhu wala, Distt Ferozepur
2) Jaspal Singh alias Ampa s/o Chamkaur Singh r/o Rauli, Moga
3) Inderjeet Singh Gill s/o Jugraj Singh r/o Rauli, Moga.
In response to the call given by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the proscribed organisation ‘Sikhs for Justice’, to raise khalistani flags atop government buildings and get rewarded with 2500 American Dollars, the accused persons mentioned above conspired to raise the Khalistan flag atop the DC office Moga. A recce of the place was done on 13.08.20 around 01:30 pm by Jaspal Singh and Inderjeet Singh. On the evening of 13.08.20, Akashdeep Singh received calls from Jaspal Singh and Inderjeet Singh on WhatsApp, about hoisting the Khalistan flag on the rooftop of DC office Moga. They assembled around 06:30 am in the morning of 14.08.20 and left on two motorcycles i.e. Platina colour black of Jaspal Singh and Hero Honda Deluxe colour Red of Inderjeet Singh, from village Rauli around 07:00 am. They reached the DC office around 8:00 a.m. They stopped in front of the Nestle gate, opposite the DC office and Akashdeep Singh was instructed by Jaspal Singh and Inderjeet Singh to make a video of the flag being hoisted over the rooftop of the DC office. Jaspal Singh and Inderjeet Singh left for DC office and they went inside and raised the khalistan flag at the rooftop of DC office and on their way back they cut the rope of Indian National Flag and took it along with them. Then, they fled off towards Village Rauli. Akashdeep Singh met the other two again at village Rauli, where the said video was transferred to Jaspal Singh’s phone who further transferred the video to the Whatsapp number given by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in his video.
Jaspal Singh and Inderjeet went to meet one Jagga Singh r/o Pakhowal. FIR no. 136 dated 14.08.20 u/s 115,121,121A,124A,153A,153B,506 and 2 of Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act,1971 and 66F of IT Act, 10,11,13 of UAPA Act was registered at PS City Moga.
On secret information, Akashdeep Singh has been apprehended from Bathinda, who has confessed to the commission of the said offense that he was the one who shot the video of the act of raising the flag, from across the Ludhiana Ferozepur road. During his interrogation, he has revealed that they were misguided by YouTube videos of Sikhs for Justice etc., and that they fell into the trap of making quick bucks by committing the said offense. The other two offenders, who are at large, shall be arrested soon as various teams have been dispatched for the same.