An Indian-origin British Sikh who is wanted in India on murder and bombing charges has been arrested in Portugal. Parmjeet Singh Saini is fighting extradition to India, where authorities believe he was involved in the murder of Punjab politician Rulda Singh in 2009 and a series of bomb attacks in north-west India in 2010.
Indian authorities claim Saini, who came to the UK from India 13 years ago claiming political asylum, is a leading member of Babbar Khalsa International. The organisation, which had its international base in the West Midlands region in England, supports armed struggle for an independent Sikh homeland of Khalistan and was banned in the UK under the Anti-Terror Act 2000.