The attack on the Mahatma Gandhi statue in London’s Tavistock Square was carried out by Khalistanis, top intelligence sources told News18 .

According to the intelligence sources, the attack was deliberately executed before October 2 – the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi – by UK-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) leader Paramjit Singh Pamma, who is a close aide of Khalistani activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

The plinth of the iconic statue, which depicts the Father of the Nation in a seated meditative pose, was discovered daubed with some disturbing graffiti. The bronze statue, created with the backing of the India League, was unveiled in 1968 as a nod to Mahatma Gandhi’s days as a law student at the nearby University College London. An inscription on the plinth reads: ‘Mah

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