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KUALA LUMPUR: Three Sikh separatists from the terror organisation Babbar Khalsa International, who were hiding here, were detained by Malaysian police after several months of surveillance.
The three Indian nationals -- Amarjit Singh Jasvir Singh, Daljit Singh Ajaib Singh Khalsa and Kawal Singh Soundh -- were said to be high on the Indian police's wanted list for alleged terrorist activities in Punjab.
They were arrested earlier this month at various locations in the city and deported to India on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they were charged at a Punjab court and have been remanded while awaiting trial.
Federal Special Task Force (Operations and Counter Terrorism) chief Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the three were operating various businesses after blending into the Sikh community here.
Amarjit, 30, a software engineer from Nangal Ropar, owned a restaurant in Brickfields. Checks revealed he had bought the restaurant more than a year ago.
Daljit, 36, from Mumbai, was a manager at a subsidiary of a local telecommunication company. He owned a traditional Sikh music school in Sentul and was nabbed in his house, also in the same district.
Kawal, 39, from Punjab, was a network programmer. He was arrested at his home in Ampang. For more than a year, he operated a house renovation business here.
Fuzi said they made it to the Indian police's wanted list in 2009. After learning about their whereabouts, police nabbed them on Aug 4.
"They were allegedly involved in terror activities in India but here, their main task was to provide financial and logistic help to their comrades who used Malaysia as a transit point," said Fuzi, adding that the three also provided fake identities for their countrymen.
Fuzi said the three did not plan any terrorist activities here.
He said the task force learnt the three were hiding here following allegations in the media by Punjab police last year that Malaysia was being used as a base by the BKI.
The allegations were made after Punjab police arrested three senior BKI operatives who had just returned from Malaysia last year.
Punjab police learnt that the three -- Bakhshish Singh, Pargat Singh and Jagmohan Singh -- had been in Malaysia for a month. While here, they had sought the assistance of Amarjit, Daljit and Kawal.
BKI is a Sikh armed organisation based in India formed in 1978. It played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency.
3 Sikh terror suspects held: KL
The three Indian nationals -- Amarjit Singh Jasvir Singh, Daljit Singh Ajaib Singh Khalsa and Kawal Singh Soundh -- were said to be high on the Indian police's wanted list for alleged terrorist activities in Punjab.
They were arrested earlier this month at various locations in the city and deported to India on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they were charged at a Punjab court and have been remanded while awaiting trial.
Federal Special Task Force (Operations and Counter Terrorism) chief Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the three were operating various businesses after blending into the Sikh community here.
Amarjit, 30, a software engineer from Nangal Ropar, owned a restaurant in Brickfields. Checks revealed he had bought the restaurant more than a year ago.
Daljit, 36, from Mumbai, was a manager at a subsidiary of a local telecommunication company. He owned a traditional Sikh music school in Sentul and was nabbed in his house, also in the same district.
Kawal, 39, from Punjab, was a network programmer. He was arrested at his home in Ampang. For more than a year, he operated a house renovation business here.
Fuzi said they made it to the Indian police's wanted list in 2009. After learning about their whereabouts, police nabbed them on Aug 4.
"They were allegedly involved in terror activities in India but here, their main task was to provide financial and logistic help to their comrades who used Malaysia as a transit point," said Fuzi, adding that the three also provided fake identities for their countrymen.
Fuzi said the three did not plan any terrorist activities here.
He said the task force learnt the three were hiding here following allegations in the media by Punjab police last year that Malaysia was being used as a base by the BKI.
The allegations were made after Punjab police arrested three senior BKI operatives who had just returned from Malaysia last year.
Punjab police learnt that the three -- Bakhshish Singh, Pargat Singh and Jagmohan Singh -- had been in Malaysia for a month. While here, they had sought the assistance of Amarjit, Daljit and Kawal.
BKI is a Sikh armed organisation based in India formed in 1978. It played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency.
3 Sikh terror suspects held: KL
