Khalistani militant walks free as Portugal rejects India’s plea

Patiala: Portugal has rejected India's plea for the extradition of Khalistani militant Paramjit Singh Pamma, making way for his release. The Evora High Court set Pamma free on the order of Portuguese justice minister Frances Van Dunem. He will soon return to the UK where he has been living after he was granted political asylum in 2000. Pamma was arrested in Portugal on December 18, 2015, on the basis of a Red Corner notice issued by the Interpol in 2012, following a request put in by Indian authorities. He was extradited in connection to the 2009 murder case of Rulda Singh, chief of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, three blast cases and a fake passport case.