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Four men were arrested today on suspicion of murdering a high-profile public figure who was gunned down in India.

West Midlands Police said the suspects, who are all British nationals, were detained in Wolverhampton, Coventry and Smethwick, near Birmingham, in connection with the murder of Rulda Singh last year.

A police spokesman said two men had already been charged by Indian authorities in connection with Mr Singh's killing in Patiala, in the Punjab, last July.

Mr Singh, 62, died a fortnight after being shot outside his home in Patiala on July 29.

It is understood that no request for extradition has been made in respect of the arrested men, who could face trial in the UK if they are charged.

The police spokesman said: "West Midlands Police have arrested four men on suspicion of the murder, in India, of Rulda Singh.

"The men, who were detained earlier this morning at their home addresses, are from Smethwick, Wolverhampton, and two from Coventry.

"All are British subjects and aged between 27 and 36."

The British investigation into the murder, which was reportedly linked to a Sikh extremist group, is being conducted by officers from West Midlands Police's CID and its Counter Terrorism Unit.

Detectives travelled to India to carry out initial inquiries in April this year and officers are said to be working closely with colleagues in India.

Detective Superintendent George Tracey, of the Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "The investigation into the death of Mr Singh is complex and ongoing both here and in the Punjab."

http://www.independe...ia-2025449.html

Original news of the shooting here: Link

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The Guardian, Tuesday 13 July 2010 21.57 BST:

Four Britons arrested over Indian politician's murder in Punjab

Counter-terrorism police in the West Midlands arrested four British Sikhs today on suspicion of shooting dead an Indian politician who worked for the Hindu nationalist cause.Officers made the early-morning arrests following an 11-month international investigation into the murder of Rulda Singh outside his home in the town of Patiala in northern India on 29 July 2009.

Singh, 62, was seen as the Sikh face of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu supremacist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He had visited the UK and other countries to try to persuade Sikhs to return to India.

The prominent politician was shot five times in his abdomen and head by two or three armed assailants outside his shop in the Punjab town, according to Indian press reports. He died two weeks later. Indian police previously named two UK-based Indians as suspects.

West Midlands police declined to confirm or deny whether they were among those arrested. Indian reports also suggested that Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), a Sikh paramilitary organisation based in India, had claimed responsibility for the attack.

"West Midlands police have arrested four men on suspicion of the murder, in India, of Rulda Singh," a police spokeswoman said. "The men, who were detained earlier this morning at their home addresses, are from Smethwick, Wolverhampton, and two from Coventry. All are British subjects and aged between 27 and 36." It is understood that no request for extradition has been made in respect of the arrested men, who could face trial in the UK if they are charged.

Three detectives from West Midlands police's counter-terrorism unit travelled to India in April to work with Indian police on the investigation which involves the intricate structures of Indian politics, particularly in the Punjab, and numerous religious factions.

"The investigation into the death of Mr Singh is complex and ongoing both here and in the Punjab," said Detective Superintendent George Tracey.Police refused to speculate on the motives for the killing.

Singh's activities have been seen by some as attempting to undermine Sikhism from within. He was the head of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, an affiliate of the RSS.

Many hardline Hindus believe Sikhism is not a separate religion and its followers should be brought back into the Hindu fold. Some Sikh organisations had serious differences with Rulda Singh's approach towards Sikh issues and the formation of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat was seen by some as an attempt to interfere in the affairs of the Sikhs and damage the religious community from within.

"We don't want any Sikhs from Britain getting involved with dirty politics in India. We are trying to defuse militancy in the gurdwaras [sikh temples]," said Kulwant Dhesi, president of the British Sikh Council.

Gurharpal Singh, professor of inter-religious relations at Birmingham University, said police told him of concerns that Sikh groups, strongly opposed to any attempts to undermine their faith, have had success winning control of temples in Britain "with the agenda of rekindling militancy". "There are militant groups that have a foothold in gurdwaras in the UK and may well be behind murders but they do not represent mainstream Sikhism," he said. "The Indian state is likely to want to construe this [murder of Ruda Singh] as a militant hit against an ideology that is a threat to mainstream Sikhism, but there may also be local political situations in play."

West Midlands police's counter-terrorism unit said uniformed officers have been visiting gurdwaras in the area, among other faith institutions, since the beginning of 2009 under the auspices of the Home Office's anti-terror policy, Prevent.

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Power of Indian lobby in foreign countries.

It's not really..It's the power of sell out prabhandak committees who act as informants, and usually abuse their postion to frame individuals.

Often these arrests are based on nothing but information provided by a couple "influential" sikhs who use their leverage to knock their enemies out of the picture. It's being going on for the last 26 years between elder committees in the UK and the Midlands prabhandaks are experts in framing each other all the time.

Someone obviously feeding the ears of the Counter Terrorism Unit rather than providing them with "intelligence"

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"We don't want any Sikhs from Britain getting involved with dirty politics in India. We are trying to defuse militancy in the gurdwaras [sikh temples]," said Kulwant Dhesi, president of the British Sikh Council.

It's not really..It's the power of sell out prabhandak committees who act as informants, and usually abuse their postion to frame individuals.

Often these arrests are based on nothing but information provided by a couple "influential" sikhs who use their leverage to knock their enemies out of the picture. It's being going on for the last 26 years between elder committees in the UK and the Midlands prabhandaks are experts in framing each other all the time.

Someone obviously feeding the ears of the Counter Terrorism Unit rather than providing them with "intelligence"

Well reportedly it is the British Sikh Council who planned the murder.

:lol: Hahaha, one hand they trying to difuse a 'problem' and on the other they getting stiched for it. So this is probably where the dirty game that many elders like playing comes into it, in the sense of naming names, dirty politics and settling 'differences'. Link

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/UK-body-behind-Rulda-Singh-murder/articleshow/5282973.cms

You are right... as per Times of India, British Sikh Council (BSC) carried out the murder of Rulda. Wonder then why Dhesi Sahib has not been arrested? Or is there a deflection tactic going on here. It always pays to have "chums" in high places. The plot thickens!

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Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ke Fateh

Even if BK were actually responsible, why would they use British born Singhs who have little knowledge of locations in Punjab?

Does anyone know any of the families concerned? not to name them, but to find out what we can do to help them at this difficult time.

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ke Fateh

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