Khalistan liberation Force (KlF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo in his interrogation revealed that he was procuring a Pakistani passport bearing his own photo, original name and parentage and address of Pakistan. He was going to obtain the passport in Nepal bearing departure stamp of Pakistani Immigration arranged by an ISI agent. In Nepal, Mintoo's contact was supposed to arrange the arrival stamp of Nepal immigration to show that he is a Pakistani national and arrived in Nepal from there.
Mintoo's plan then was to escape to Germany via Thailand. Mintoo also revealed that before going to Nepal, he was going to stay at his cousin Daljeet Singh Khalsa in Mumbai who would support him with money and other assistance. Khalsa is a supporter of terrorist outfit Khalistan Jindabad Force and was involved in five cases of UAPA act. Mintoo was also in touch with Khalsa from jail. A Delhi court sent Mintoo to seven days further police custody on Monday.
Mintoo also told police that he stayed with Khalsa during 1986-1992. Khalsa was arrested in 2011 and stayed in Nabha Jail till 2014. Mintoo and Khalsa spent two months in Nabha Jail together. Khalsa was acquitted in his cases thereafter and came out of jail.
A police official investigating the case told The Pioneer that Khalsa is currently residing in Aroli in Navi Mumbai and has a ware house there. He also has a restaurant in Malaysia. Mintoo also revealed the name of the chief of terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) as one Badhwa Singh with whom Mintoo was in constant touch. Police said Mintoo who was formerly with BKI, had joined KlF on the request of Pritam Singh Sekhon, former chief of KlF, and one Bakshish Singh.
Mintoo who was also in touch with Pakistan-based Ranjeet Singh Nitta of terrorist group Khalistan Zinda Force, was asked by the latter to arrange dynamites for bombing various parts of Punjab in 2007. Mintoo accordingly had arranged 120 Kgs of dynamite form one Sunder Singh in Mumbai and placed the same in Ropad near Gurudwara as instructed by Nitta.