Jammu Tawi, March 26 -- Mehal Singh Babbar, a notorious Babbar Khalsa militant, died of kidney failure on March 24 in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan. Babbar, who had been a proclaimed offender since 1990, was wanted in connection with militancy-related activities in Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Faridkot districts during the 1980s. He passed away at a private hospital in the region, and sources suggest he will likely be cremated on Wednesday evening.

Babbar, a former Indian Air Force officer, had been living in Pakistan since the early 1990s. He was also believed to have traveled to France in 2003. Recently, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) accused him of coordinating with gangsters and facilitating the smuggling of weapons into India from P...