Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar was reportedly shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Johar town of Lahore in Pakistan on Saturday.
He was gunned down by two motorcycle-borne men when he was taking a walk in his housing society,as per media reports.
Hailing from Punjab's Tarn Taran district, Panjwar, 63, was heading the banned Khalistan Commando Force-Panjwar group and was accused of drug and weapons smuggling and other terror activities by police. He was designated as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by India in July 2020.
Panjwar was accused of being the “mastermind” behind the 1999 bomb blast in Chandigarh's Sector 34.