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Canadian RCMP shut down Facebook group as listed NRI terrorist entity

 

Surrey, BC, Canada, April 06, 2009
Inspector Paul Richards

NRI Bahadur Sandhu, 49, of Surrey, BC, will appear in BC court on May 04, 2009 for a firearms prohibition hearing. The youth will also face a hearing for firearms prohibition who created the Facebook web page with photo holding a prohibited firearm.

On February 18, 2009, the Surrey RCMP’s E-Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (E-INSET) received information leading to an investigation of a Facebook page called “ISYF”, which stands for International Sikh Youth Federation — a terrorist entity listed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

After the investigation, the police located the youth, who subsequently identified a 49-year-old Surrey man, Bahadur Sandhu, as the owner of the firearm in the photos posted on Facebook.

E-INSET investigators went to SANDHU’s home on February 28, 2009, where he surrendered three weapons without incident. Police seized two shotguns and the prohibited firearm identified in the Facebook photo. A subsequent investigation revealed that SANDHU was not permitted to own any of these firearms.

Crown Counsel has approved two firearms prohibition applications requested by investigators against SANDHU and the youth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Hearings for the prohibition applications have been set for May 4, 2009.

The web page called “ISYF” has been removed from Facebook.

“The RCMP takes all threats to national security seriously and will continue to work with our partners to ensure Canada’s safety,” said Inspector Paul Richards, Officer-in-Charge of E-INSET.

INSETs are located in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and the Lower Mainland, B.C. They are designed to increase the capacity for the collection, sharing and analysis of intelligence among partners to protect Canada’s overall security. INSETs are comprised of the RCMP, municipal and provincial police services, and security and intelligence partners.

 

 

    (ISYF) International Sikh Youth Federation

  • The Facebook web page was created by a youth bragging about being a member of the International Sikh Youth Federation.
  • The ISYF is among several banned groups under Canada's Anti-Terrorism Act.
  • The ISYF has been linked with a number of violent acts, as well as other extremist groups related to Sikh extremism in India," Richards said.
  • He said the ISYF was investigated following the 1985 Air India bombings, along with another group listed as a terrorist entity, the Babbar Khalsa.
  • Public Safety Canada, maintains the list of banned groups, the Babbar Khalsa is a militant Sikh organization dedicated to an independent Sikh state in India and have conducted armed attacks, kidnapping, assassination and bombings in pursuit of that cause.