Overview

• Police arrested 22-year-old Jashanpreet Singh and a 17-year-old minor within 24 hours of pro-Khalistan slogans appearing at three Amritsar locations on August 6-7.
• Authorities allege the pair received graffiti designs and instructions via Snapchat from Shamsher Singh, alias Shera Maan, acting on behalf of SFJ leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu.
• Three separate FIRs were filed at Cantonment, Division A and Civil Lines police stations under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act.
• Investigators say the accused purchased spray paint locally and shared photographs of the vandalism with their overseas handler before promised SFJ payments failed to arrive.
• Further inquiries are ongoing into the suspects’ motivations and the broader transnational network behind the campaign.