Khalistani terrorist Happy Passia’s extradition to India underway

India Today

After months on the run, notorious Khalistani terrorist Happy Passia—accused of orchestrating over 16 grenade attacks across Punjab—is being extradited from the US to India.

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00:00That's Happy Passia aka Harpreet Singh, a grenade expert and Khalistani terrorist born

00:05in a small village in Amnistar, Punjab.

00:07After years on the run, he's finally being extradited to India to face justice.

00:11Born to a farming family, Passia started small, liquor smuggling, petty crimes.

00:16But by 2021, he illegally entered the US via Mexico.

00:19Passia became a top man for Babar Khalsa International backed by Pakistan's ISI.

00:24Passia isn't just another gangster, he's a grenade and IED expert wanted for 16 terror

00:29attacks across the state between 2024 and 2025, most targeting police stations and personnel.

00:35November 2024, RDX found outside Anjala police station.

00:39December 2024, blasts at Majitha and Batala police stations.

00:42Jan 2025, bomb outside an Amnitsar liquor traders home.

00:46February 2025, grenade thrown at Fatehgarh Churyan police post.

00:50March 2025, explosion near Amnitsar temple, one terrorist killed.

00:54Passia's hit list was directed by Pakistan-based Rinda, a most-wanted Khalistani gangster and

00:59mastermind of cross-border attacks in Punjab.

01:01Rinda Passia network recruited drug-addicted miners, used burner phones and ran extortion

01:06and arms deal, often from a safe house in Sacramento, US.

01:09In April 2025, after years of global tracking, FBI and ICE nabbed him in Sacramento, California.

01:15India is now in the process of extraditing Passia from the US to face charges of murder, terror

01:20funding, radicalization and more.

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