The charges are rooted in a decades-old dispute over the demand by some Sikhs for a sovereign state known as Khalistan carved out of northern India.
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India Blocks Internet in Punjab as Security Forces Pursue Separatist
The rise of Amritpal Singh, a self-styled preacher, has raised fears of violence in Punjab, where thousands died in the 1980s during a Sikh insurgency.