Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- CTD0012
- OFSI group ID
- 17226
- Designation type
- Entity
- Date designated
- 4 December 2025
- Last updated
- 4 December 2025
Regimes
- The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Designation sources
- UK
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
Official reasons
- We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Babbar Akali Lehar ('BAL') is an involved person on the basis that it has been involved in the following terrorist activity: (a) BAL has been and is promoting and encouraging terrorism, through promoting a person involved in terrorism, namely Babbar Khalsa ('BK') which uses the alias Babbar Khalsa International ('BKI') (together 'BK/BKI'); (b) BAL is associated with a person involved in terrorism namely BK/BKI; and (c) BAL has been and is carrying out recruitment activities for persons involved in terrorism, namely themselves and BK/BKI.
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