Lahore: India’s most wanted terrorist and Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar alias Malik Sardar Singh was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen this morning in Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan. He was walking near his house in Sunflower Society, Jauhar town, at around 6 am, when two unidentified people riding a motorcycle killed him.
According to the information received, at the time of the attack, Paramjeet was accompanied by a gun-wielding security guard, who was injured in the firing. He has been admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Who was Paramjeet Panjwar?
Paramjit, involved in the smuggling of drugs and weapons through drones in the Indian state of Punjab, was born in Panjwar village near Tarn Taran. He joined KCF in 1986 after being radicalized by his cousin Labh Singh. Earlier he was working in a Central Cooperative Bank in Sohal.
After the elimination of Labh Singh at the hands of Indian security forces, Paramjeet fled to Pakistan in the 1990s and took over the command of the KCF from there. Paramjit, who topped the list of most wanted terrorists sheltered by Pakistan, kept KCF alive by raising funds through the cross-border smuggling of arms and heroin. Despite denials by the Government of Pakistan, he remained in Lahore while his wife and children moved to Germany.
KCF chief Paramjeet was wanted for promoting Sikh extremism in India as well as for murder, conspiracy to murder, and arms smuggling. He was also wanted in connection with the murder of former army chief General AS Vaidya and the country’s biggest bank heist in Ludhiana. He was declared a terrorist under UAPA in July 2020.
