The trader apprehended that the three alleged KZF militants came to Pilibhit to target him as he did not pay ₹10 lakh extortion to him.
Nearly after five days of investigation into the motive behind Pilibhit visit of three alleged militants of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) who were gunned down in Pilibhit’s Puranpur on December 23, a local trader has registered an FIR against wanted militant of Babbar Khalsa International Kulveer Singh Siddhu, who allegedly arranged a hotel room in Puranpur for the militants. Two others for making extortion calls to him, said senior police officials on Sunday.
They said that the businessman apprehended that the three militants might have come to Puranpur to target him as he paid no heed to their extortion calls.
Pilibhit Superintendent of Police (SP) Avinash Pandey confirmed that one local businessman, Malkeet Singh, a resident of Gopalpur village, lodged an FIR with a local police station on Saturday, and the police were further probing the matter.
Another police official said the complainant accused Kulveer Singh Siddhu, United Kingdom-based Jagjeet Singh alias Fateh Singh Baagi, said to be serving in the British Army and one Rihand of Pakistan of making extortion calls to him.
He said the complainant first received a WhatsApp from Siddhu using a UK number on September 7 earlier this year, demanding ₹10 lakh extortion. He said the complainant left for London on September 10, but he kept receiving extortion calls from Siddhu.
