Khalistani activist dies in Pakistan, says Indian media

A top Khalistani activist the leader of the India-banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) and International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), Lakhbir Singh Rode, reportedly died in Pakistan of ‘heart attack,’ The Indian Express reported.

Lakhbir was the nephew of slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The death of the 72-year-old activist was confirmed by his brother and former Akal Takht Jathedar, Jasbir Singh Rode.

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 “We have been informed by the son of my brother Lakhbir Singh Rode that he died of heart attack in Pakistan and has been cremated there. He was highly diabetic. His two sons, a daughter and wife live in Canada,” Jasbir was quoted by the Indian media.

Lakhbir originally hailed from the Moga district in Indian Punjab but later he fled to Dubai. From there, he fled to Pakistan but kept his family in Canada. It was in 2002 for the first time when the Indian government demanded his extradition from Pakistan.

New Delhi had listed him as an ‘individual terrorist’ under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Recently, India’s prime anti-terror ‘National Investigation Agency (NIA)’ special court in Mohali ordered the confiscation of land belonging to Lakhbir in Indian Punjab’s Moga district.