Overview
- HM Treasury sanctioned Gurpreet Singh Rehal, assessing that he promoted, recruited for, and provided financial services to the proscribed group Babbar Khalsa, and imposed a UK director’s disqualification.
- All UK assets of Rehal and the related organisation Babbar Akali Lehar are frozen under the Domestic Counter‑Terrorism Regime, the first such action targeting funding linked to Babbar Khalsa.
- Morecambe FC and Panjab Warriors said they have removed Rehal’s affiliation, describing his past role as a marketing and communications consultancy position without strategic, financial, or operational authority.
- The Independent Football Regulator is using statutory information‑gathering powers for an urgent assessment and has accelerated a new owners’ and directors’ test to start next Friday, with requirements for new applicants from May.
- Rehal was not listed as a director or person of significant control during June’s takeover approval, so he was not scrutinized by a regulator, despite his public visibility in club announcements and recent appearances with MPs and league officials.