May 01, 2001

Zaffarwal’s remand extended by 2 days
Former Khalistan Commando Force chief Wassan Singh Zaffarwal was today handed over to the Hoshiarpur police by the local Judicial Magistrate here.

April 28, 2001

Zaffarwal ‘saved’ Badal during militancy
Mr Jasbir Singh Dimpa, general secretary, Indian Youth Congress has alleged that Wassan Singh Zaffarwal, a self-styled chief of the Khalistan Commando Force, was treated as state guest during the police remand.

April 26, 2001

Police updating list of militants
Following the resurfacing of the dreaded terrorists, Wassan Singh Zaffarwal and Mukhtiar Singh Mukha, in the city recently, the UT police has begun an exercise in earnest to update its database regarding former Punjab militants, who are suspected to visit the city in the coming days.

April 25, 2001

Zaffarwal’s claim sounds hollow
Dreaded terrorist and self-styled chief of the Khalistan Commando Force Wassan Singh Zaffarwal who claims to have killed nobody in his lifetime, was in fact responsible for the influx of massive firearms at the behest of the ISI from across the border. These arms were used to kill innocent persons in Punjab, especially during the nineties.

April 24, 2001

Judicial custody for Zaffarwal
The Additional Civil Judge of Baba Bakala, Mr S. S. Dhaliwal, today remanded in judicial custody Wassan Singh Zaffarwal, self-styled chief of Khalistan Commando Force till May 7.

April 23, 2001

‘Zaffarwal should be punished according to law’
“Wassan Singh Zaffarwal should be punished according to the law if he is found guilty in either murder or attempt to murder cases registered against him, but there should be no human rights violation.

April 21, 2001

April 19, 2001

Militants ‘welcome’ to surrender
After the blow hot and cold attitude for the past month about former militant Wassan Singh Zaffarwal’s appearance in Punjab, the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, has finally said all former militants desirous of joining the mainstream, are “welcome”.

April 18, 2001

Surrender of more militants likely: SSP
With the surrender of Rachpal Singh Lali, a former militant, before the Jagraon police yesterday, several others, who have been underground for the past decade are reported to have expressed their desire to return to the mainstream.
Pak media blacks out Zaffarwal arrest
Lack of reaction to Wassan Singh Zaffarwal’s arrest in Pakistan comes as no surprise. Zaffarwal was coordinator of militant activities in Punjab on the behest of the ISI with a stay of over a decade in Pakistan.

April 17, 2001

Zaffarwal issue divides state BJP unit
Differences have surfaced within the BJP on the issue of the return of Wassan Singh Zaffarwal.

April 16, 2001

Zaffarwal was desperate to return home
Had the Khalistan Commando Force chief Wassan Singh Zaffarwal been sending feelers to the Punjab police for “staging his arrest” for the past about one year? The answer is in the affirmative if police sources are to be believed. Zaffarwal was fed up with his stay in Switzerland where he could not move about freely for his lifestyle.

April 14, 2001

Zaffarwal arrest ‘state-managed’
The controversy surrounding the ‘so-called’ arrest by the Majitha police the day before yesterday of top commander of the Khalistan Commando Force Wassan Singh Zaffarwal have caused a major embarrassment for the state police force.

April 12, 2001

Police arrests Zaffarwal
The curtain finally rung down on the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Wassan Singh Zaffarwal's case with his arrest by the Majitha police late this evening. One of the most wanted persons in connection with militancy in Punjab, he was involved in more than a dozen cases, including those of murder and attempt to murder.
Pak-based ultras not to surrender
Pakistan-based militants while criticising the proposed move of Wassan Singh Jaffarwal, chief of the Khalistan Commando Force, to surrender, have announced that they would prefer to die as “rebels” than surrender before the security forces.
Punjab Cong chief calls Badal, son compulsive liars
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal may have been inviting militants to join the mainstream, but the Congress would oppose any attempt by the Akalis to pardon these killers.

March 16, 2001

ISI bid foiled, 2 former KCF cadre arrested
GURDASPUR: An attempt by Pakistan's ISI to revive terrorism in Punjab has been foiled with the arrest of two Pak-trained agents and the recovery of RDX and detonators here on Tuesday night, reports UNI.

Febrary 25, 2001

Jaffarwal wants to join the mainstream?
The political ambiguity in the Majitha constituency may have dissipated with the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) reaffirming its authority on the assembly seat, but the controversy and the hushed talk, both among members of the general public and political activists in the constituency over the statement issued by the militant leader Wassan Singh Jaffarwal, from Switzerland urging voters to support the SAD during the by-election, has refused to die down.

Febrary 8, 2001

8 February 2001 : Zaffarwal's appeal gives Oppn a handle ...
An appeal by Wassan Singh Zaffarwal, chief of the Pakistan-based Punjab militant group Khalistan Commando Force, to the Majitha voters to ensure the victory of the Shiromani Akali Dal candidate in the assembly byelection has stirred a hornet's nest.

June 13, 2000

Politics, religion, intimidation
A closely coordinated and aggressive agitational programme was simultaneously launched in collaboration with escalating terrorist activities. A document recovered after a BSF encounter on February 17, containing a 13-point directive from Wassan Singh Zaffarwal to Mann revealed the essence of this strategy.

Oct 09, 2000

Vedanti performs ‘ardas’ for Sukha, Jin
Families of Parmjit Singh Panjwar, Khalistan Commando Force chief, who has taken shelter in Pakistan these days, Wassan Singh Zaffarwal and mother of Dilawar Singh — the human bomb who killed Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh — were also honoured

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