On January 4, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheeted Manpreet Singh alias Peeta, a close aide of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) operative, Canada-based, Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dala, in the terror-gangster network case, reports Hindustan Times. Manpreet Singh was arrested following his deportation from the Philippines. The chargesheet was filed against Peeta in the multi-state terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler network case registered in 2022 before the special NIA court in Delhi. This was the third chargesheet in the case, in which 21 accused have so far been chargesheeted. “Peeta was operating as a full-fledged crime-terror-extortion node from the Philippines as per the directions of Dala. He was actively involved in collection of weapons from the India-Pakistan border and making extortion calls to raise funds for Dala and the KTF,” an NIA spokesperson said. The central government had in February 2023 banned the KTF and declared it as a terrorist organisation.