Malout businessman gets ‘letter from BKI’ demanding Rs 50 lakh

Amritsar | Saturday | 10th November, 2018

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BATHINDA: A businessman from Malout town in Muktsar has received a letter, allegedly from Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), asking him to pay up Rs 50 lakh.BKI is a separatist militant Sikh organization and banned in several countries, including the US. Not much else has been mentioned in the letter, which is now in the possession of the police. No name has been mentioned and no one has signed it.The police have not revealed the identity of the complainant. We are thoroughly investigating the matter and are also open to the idea that someone may be playing a trick, as the letter is a computer-generated printout.”According to the complaint, some unknown person left the letter at the house of the businessman in Malout. It was mentioned in the letter that they knew about his family and also about his son living in Chandigarh.The businessman has been threatened with dire consequences if the money was not paid..