The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against eight individuals connected to Pakistan based Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) for killing of Shaurya Chakra awardee comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu in the NIA Special Court, Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District of Punjab, reports Hindustan Times on April 28. The NIA had taken over investigation from the State Police in January 2021. The accused are Sukhmeet Pal Singh alias Sukh alias Bhikhariwal, Sukhraj Singh alias Lakhanpal, Sukhdeep Singh alias Bhura, Gurjit Singh alias Bhaa of Gurdaspur District, Ravinder Singh alias Ravi Dhillon, Akashdeep Arora alias Dhaliwal, Jagroop Singh of Ludhiana District and Inderjit Singh alias Inder of Tarn Taran District in Punjab. Sandhu, was killed by two bike-borne men at his home in Bhikhiwind town of Tarn Taran District in Punjab on October 16, 2020.