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Devesh K. Pandey
In police net: The two alleged terrorists Jagannath and Balwinder who were arrested on Tuesday for the recent bomb blasts in cinema halls in Delhi. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
NEW DELHI: As the mystery behind the twin blasts in the Capital's two cinema halls on May 22 unfolds, the militant organisation, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), with its overseas connections still very much intact, is suspected to have come out of its dormant phase. The group that allegedly masterminded the explosions is headed by a militant who according to the police is one of the 20 terrorists in Pakistan wanted by India. The interrogation of Balwinder Singh, one of the main accused in the blasts that rocked Liberty and Satyam cinema halls on the evening of May 22, has according to the police revealed that the entire operation was conducted at the instance of the Wadhawa Singh faction of BKI, which is active in Germany and Pakistan. Intelligence reports suggest that while Wadhawa Singh Babbar is currently based in Pakistan, his relative, Satnam Singh, is heading the group in Germany. Said to be one of most aggressive militant outfits, BKI was founded in 1980. Among the founding members of the outfit were Sukhdev Singh Babbar and Talwinder Singh Parmar. A year later, Talwinder Singh founded the organisation in Canada. From then on, the outfit spread its network to countries like Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France and even Switzerland. However, due to major differences, there was a split in the outfit in 1992, which led to the formation of another group headed by Talwinder Singh. Wadhawa Singh, who presently heads the other group, has reportedly been living in Pakistan for the past over 15 years. Intelligence reports have revealed that apart from certain Pakistan-based terrorist groups, some Germany-based organisations are also sponsoring the Wadhawa Singh group. With their help, it is learnt that outfits like BKI held a meeting in Germany and formed a committee way back in 2001. Investigations into the blasts and killings masterminded by BKI in the past have indicated that it has strong links with the underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim, who is also suspected to be hiding in Pakistan. The outfit had allegedly masterminded the assassination of the Punjab Chief Minister, Beant Singh. The police said they would get to learn more about the activities of the outfit once one of the accused in the twin blasts case, Jaspal aka Raja, is arrested. During interrogation, Raja's close friend, Balwinder, allegedly disclosed that at the instance of the Germany-based BKI militants, he had asked him and the two other accused -- Vikas and Jagannath -- to trigger the blasts. "Jagannath, a resident of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, earlier used to work as a courier on the Indo-Nepal border. It seems that he agreed to help Raja in carrying out the operation for monitory considerations," said a senior police officer.
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