India, April 22 -- FBI Director Kash Patel's statement on X on the "capture" of Harpreet Singh as a member of an alleged "foreign terrorist gang" in Sacramento indicates that the US under Trump administration has finally recognised extremist activity in Punjab by so-called Khalistanis as "terrorism" and not mere militancy as in the past.

Twenty-eight year old Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia, designated terrorist of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), whose handler is Pakistan based Harvinder Singh Sandhu aka Rinda, was arrested by FBI in Sacramento for planning to attack police stations in India and the US on April 17. According to Director Patel, the FBI is coordinating with their Indian counterparts, the NIA, to bring up charges again...